Moving

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Hey there Escapists, I'm in the middle of moving. Therefore it makes sense for me to procrastinate about that now too!

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Anyway!

Just was wondering what your general thoughts on moving were?

I get very attached to the spaces I occupy, a habit I attribute to the fact that I never had to move as a kid. I lived in the same house for 19 years before moving off to go to university. Heck, I didn't even move out of my original bedroom until the last year I lived there. I dislike packing and unpacking because invariably something gets lost more often than is found in the process. There's also the heavy lifting of furniture and bleh.

I'd rather stay where I am now but I can't so I'll make myself finish this work by the time the sun has set tomorrow. I can see how others like to always change up their surroundings but I like to get comfortable in a space. Home for me is a place where, no matter what happens outside of my walls, I can get away from it all.

So, how often do you guys moving? Are you one of those people who enjoy the process?

Well, its your turn to procrastinate. I have to go look at renewing my car insurance. Fun... -.-
[sub][sub]Don't confuse my hatred of moving with that of travel. I love traveling! [/sub][/sub]

 

[Colour Scientist]

I don't mind it.

I moved around a lot when I was a kid so I tend to get attached to the people I live with, if I like them, rather than the houses themselves.

I've moved a lot in the past few years between going to two universities and several different jobs so I'm pretty used to the protocol by now. It can be a pain in the arse but I like living in different houses and in different settings.

I tend to get a bit antsy if I stay in the same place for too long.

 

[Barbas]

Moving can be quite an intimidating thing. All that furniture, all those worries about how to store and pack, whaat will be broken and what will survive the journey.

The trick is to do a little at a time, regularly, so you don't fall into a productivity slump. This year we decided we were finally going to move somewhere else and the determination has increased by several times - no more months of procrastination. A little bit each day shows clear and measurable progress and is good for morale, chieftain.

 

[Artina89]

I moved every year I was at university, so I don't really mind it, but my parents haven't moved house for 17 years so over the years we as a family have built up a lot of stuff that we could throw out. It is mainly the fact that I am rather boneidle that makes me resistant to moving, I can't really say I get too attached to certain places.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I'm sick of moving. I've moved once every year for the past 6 years, on average, and I'm sick of it.

 

[Euryalus]

Up until recently, I'd never lived anywhere longer than 4 years, so I'm no stranger to moving. It doesn't really bother me too much. Actually moving my stuff out though is crap. I'm to lazy for that shit!

 

[Rylot]

I fucking hate moving. I moved several thousand miles two years ago and I don't want to do that again. It's a pain in the ass. I really really hate it. I love taking car trips and traveling, but packing everything into boxes and trying not to destroy anything is a pain in the ass. It's stressful and not at all anything I want to do in the near future.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I had moved three time (could be fourth if things doesn't go my way ). Two of them was when I was a kid so I don't remember much while the last one was when I was in University so I missed the moving process.
All in all, I'm not a fan of it mainly because of the sadness I feel for moving out of the house and town.

 

[shootthebandit]

I move a lot and its not too bad. The actual physical part is easy, hire a van, put stuff in van, be suprised at how little stuff you have when it all fits into a van, unload van and return van

however its the paperwork thats the annoying bit. Remembering to change your address on every single document you own, getting a new driving licence and setting the gas/electric bills up

 

[Esotera]

I've lived in a different house every year for the past 4 years, and will be moving again this July. It's a nice feeling when the house is rubbish, and I've just been moving around the same city so it's no too bad. But I'd rather have my own house where I could actually keep more stuff than what I can fit in my room.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

As a child we did move a hell of a lot (by a lot, I mean at least once a year or two), so I tried not to get too attached to places I stayed at, nor befriended any neighbors. Also, packing tends to be a bit stressful both physically and mentally, since there tended to be a lot of stuff to account for (important papers, cords, nails/screws, etc.), things got lost or broken. Even with siblings, moving out was hell, since all of us were basically rail-thin and our stuff was quite heavy.

And as of 9 days ago, I finally moved into a house, with a pool that's in the process of getting cleaned by professionals (I'm not a DIY-er, so I won't even attempt to try, lest I bork up something expensive). That was one hell of a move because of the amount of stuff I managed to cram in my previous apartment. It took two trips with a big moving truck to get it all, and I'm still not done settling in, despite having so much more real estate to play with. But, out of all things that pissed me off to the point of wanting to punch something when it came time to move, Comcast was it. For days before, during and after the move; and forth with customer service, telling them to switch my service to the new address, I got fed up, asked for a technician to come by and two days later, everything's connected and I have my BOO (Base of Operations) set up. Now, to jazz up my BOO with some more furniture, wireless adapters and TV wall mounts.

 

[EeveeElectro]

In the past seven years I've moved five times.

Yeah... I'm used to it now, it's a pain but I want to settle down somewhere which is why I haven't leaped into moving again.

I'm excited about moving away from home (third time lucky -_-) and decking my house out how I like it, but I need the money and someone to live with first.

 

[Barbas]

In the past seven years I've moved five times.

Yeah... I'm used to it now, it's a pain but I want to settle down somewhere which is why I haven't leaped into moving again.

I'm excited about moving away from home (third time lucky -_-) and decking my house out how I like it, but I need the money and someone to live with first.

This is exactly why you should live in a mobile command vehicle. Who needs to worry about packing? Not the strange, sweaty man living in his mobile command vehicle!

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

It's definitely a big change, especially for me who lived at my previous residence for 16 years.

It took me almost 6 months for me to get used to my new residence, and I was okay with it for over four years.

Now, though, I feel like I want to leave and I'm planning to move out on my own in the next 2 years. I don't know exactly where, but hopefully somewhere where I can be 5-10 away from the beach.

 

[Elvis Starburst]

Been living in the same place for about 17-18 years of my life (And another place until age 3). I'm actually about to move out in a few months, so, I am rather curious about how it'll all go. I hope it goes ok, though I am nervous. I'm not used to moving

 

[Elvis Starburst]

In the past seven years I've moved five times.

Yeah... I'm used to it now, it's a pain but I want to settle down somewhere which is why I haven't leaped into moving again.

I'm excited about moving away from home (third time lucky -_-) and decking my house out how I like it, but I need the money and someone to live with first.

This is exactly why you should live in a mobile command vehicle. Who needs to worry about packing? Not the strange, sweaty man living in his mobile command vehicle!

Honestly, I'd be fine with a motorhome of sorts XD Too bad I'm not so sure I could easily make that work. But, it'd be more than enough for me. Throw another person into the mix though, and things get complicated >.<

 

[Not Lord Atkin]

I don't mind moving per se but the process is a bit of a fuss.

I move around quite a bit. First when I was 8, moved from the east of the country to the capital because of my dad's work. Then again when my parents saved enough money to buy our own flat rather than rent one, we moved to this bedroom community thing just outside the capital. Lived there for 9 years, then I moved to the UK for uni.

First year was a nightmare. Because of the fucked-up arrangements in university accommodation, I had to pack all my shit and move out of my room every term. Made all the more complicated by the fact that I had to leave most of my stuff there and fly halfway across europe every time. Then I moved in to different accomodation for a month over summer. Then into the house I'm staying at now. I'm moving again in about two months. Then if all goes well, London for a year. Then maybe birmingham. hopefully to stay. at least for the time being.

Also in the meantime, my parents have moved to Russia. And then to Swizzerland.

 

[L. Declis]

Well, I've moved around 6 times in 23 years, of which I only remember 4, so I'll only count those 4.

And 3 of them were uni related; move in for a year or two, move out at the end. Like you, Redlin, I tend to get attached to a place and accumulate stuff to make it feel homely, which makes moving a ***** because I have so much crap to move.

However, I'm about to move to China (properly moving there to LIVE!) and I am not shipping all my crap to (literally) the other side of the world, so I've begun a great selling on Ebay or throwing out or donating or giving of my crap to various people.

Like my kitchen stuff like plates and pans and such. I'm not bringing that to China (cheaper to buy it there- it is made there) so I'm giving it to my Chinese girlfriend so she can keep cooking good meals even when I'm not there to feed her. It'll make me happy knowing that.

I'm selling ALL but 2 of my Warhammer armies [Space Marines and Dark Eldar] (from 11 to 2, Christ) because I really should cut down on it anyway, and I don't play with most of them. But I've resigned myself to starting a new army while I'm there.

Video games. Most are going into the attic of my mother's until I have bought my own place, but the PS3 and PS4 will be coming with me. Regarding the games, if I don't want them, they go to my brother. Steam has been a massive relief for me because at least I don't have to pack 160-odd PC games.

Clothes; I'll be buying new ones in China (once again, they're cheap and I prefer the Asian aesthetic over the Western) so other than a good set of nice clothes for when I come home to visit, I'm giving the rest to charity. Or my brother, if he wants them.

Books; selling them on eBay if I don't need them, boxing them up for later shipping if I do.

Random assorted McGuffins: I shall take a long hard look at my shelves upon shelves of assorted McGuffins. Like the dragon statues that I liked when I was 14 and only kept because my family buy me dragons every time they can't think of a better present? Going to my brother. The Assassin's Creed statues? Boxing them away for later transport (what? My grandmother buys me Ass Creed stuff, and I like it). Things from ex-girlfriends? Gonna pick one thing from each one and keep them in a box; toss the rest. If I haven't needed to use it in half a year, it's gone.

Facebook friends: Because I don't have to pretend to like people anymore, I've literally gone down the "Do I plan to talk to them again?" or "Have I spoken to them in a year?" or "Do I know who this person is?" test. I went from 200 to about 15 people I actually like. This suits me fine.

Moving is remarkably freeing. You have a carte blanche permission to literally leave anything in your life that is crap and you don't want to deal with and you don't have to. Shit roommates? 12,000km distance will sort that out.