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Aloha,
Is a move in your future? Do you have to move next week, in 6 months or maybe you are only contemplating a move in the next several years? Moving is certainly an added stress to your already busy life, no matter how excited you are about the change. So here are a few things to keep in mind as you are planning and preparing to move.
- Focus on the positive. Make a list of all the wonderful things you will be able to do and enjoy in your new home. This is especially important if the move isn't a preferred choice (i.e. required because of downsizing, finances, job move or life transition). Focus on the possibilities and opportunities. You will create the future you focus on -- make it positive.
- Think about your life after the move. What will you be doing? What will you have time to do? What new activities & hobbies might you start? What new & added responsibilities will you have? What's the space like in the new home? What's the weather, environment & society like? The answers to these and other questions will help you get clearer on what you want to pack.
- Start a list of things that need to be done. Estimate how long each will take and who can do them.
- Set your 'finish by' date.
- Break the work into smaller steps. Packing a few boxes each night is less taxing then packing everything in a day. This may be your biggest challenge though. You may have a tendency to put off doing things until the last minute. No, you really don't work best under pressure, but you may tend to need the motivation of the 'last ditch effort'. So find ways to keep your motivation going on the smaller steps. For example, pack a box first thing in the morning before you get "too tired", ask a friend (or hire me) to be your accountability partner, reward yourself AFTER you accomplish each small job.
- Get additional support and help. This is the time to delegate. I know, I know. But just because you may be perfectly capable of doing the task yourself, doesn't mean that it is the best use of your time and energy. Ask a friend, trade with someone you know or hire the help you need. For assistance in East Hawaii, to help you with moving and all of the things that go with it, check out my resource list for support and help in East Hawaii.
If, as a part of your move, you are selling your home, check out the next two articles for tips and steps on organizing and staging your home to sell.
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Organize Your Home to Sell -- Create Space
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| If your move involves selling your home, I assume that you want to sell it as quickly as possible and for as much as you can. If that's true, then one of the most important things you can do is to enable the potential buyer to see themselves living there by clearing the clutter and organizing your home. Focus on creating space for the buyer to see their things in their home. It can be difficult for someone else to see how he/she can live in the house if it is filled with your things, no matter how neatly organized it might be. And it's even harder if the place is cluttered. Here are the steps you can take to create space and organize your home to sell. - Clarify your vision for your new home
- Let Go of what doesn't fit that vision
- Sort what you are taking into 3 groups
- Routinely use now
- Won't use now
- Unsure
- Pack everything in the last two groups
- Store what you've packed
Remember -- create space. |
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Home Staging
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| What is Home Staging? The act of preparing your home for sale by highlighting it's strengths, downplaying any weaknesses and appealing to the greatest number of buyers. Again, the goal is to sell your home quickly and for the most money possible.
Steps to Staging a Home (by Joanie Lehr)
- De-Clutter
- De-Personalize
- Repair or Replace
- Clean, Clean, Clean
- Decorate
If you would like more information on each of these steps to home staging go to www.dhucks.com/stagetosell. Joanie Lehr (Realtor & Accredited Home Stager) has made her booklet, Staging Your Home to Sell: The Steps that make it Easy, available to my readers. Thanks Joanie! |
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How I can help
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| I can either help in-person or over the phone.
I'll
ask questions to establish your priorities, your focus
and your desires. You will create a vision of what you want in your future. When you become tired, overwhelmed or stuck we'll return to this vision in order to continue to move forward and make progress.
I can keep you focused and on task through the letting go, sorting and packing stages and on into the move-in phase.
You don't have to move alone.
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While moving may take a lot of your time and energy, be sure to take time to enjoy the present. It can be fun.
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 Sincerely,
Shawndra
808.969.3800
www.dhucks.com
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When discussing a task or responsibility, try focusing on the positive or active, rather than the negative or reactive.
Dr. Linda Sapadin
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