Last year we had to pack lots of boxes and rearrange furniture during a months-long kitchen remodel. Dozens of decisions had to be made about where to put things and what to keep out. And what to throw out.
My pattern when packing and moving is to pack first and throw away at the other end. I know this wastes energy and makes little sense to most people.
But I guess I realized early on that the time to make difficult decisions about what stays and what goes (translated “priorities”) is not during the stress of packing. So usually I have the throw-away and give-away boxes nearby when I unpack at the other end.
I seem to have a clearer, more-relaxed sense of priorities at the end of moves than at the beginning--maybe because I’ve lived without the packed stuff for a while.
That’s the benefit of moving. It’s a discovery of what I can live without, and what I like to have around me.
And it's always a relief.
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