Spring Moving - Lets GO!

Spring is the perfect time to move in Calgary, The market is jumping and house selection opens up. Moving can be a stressful and overwhelming experience, especially if you're not properly prepared. In this blog, we'll share some tips to help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.

Start Early: The earlier you start planning your move, the better. Start by looking at your contents. What you will be keeping and what you will be donating, trashing and gifting to family and friends. Contents, “YOUR STUFF” is the biggest stumbling block for people. Give youself ample time to prepare for the big day and avoid any last-minute stress.

Hire a Professional Organizer: If you're feeling overwhelmed with the thought of getting organized, decluttering, packing and organizing your entire home hire a organizer that specialized in move management. They can help you declutter, pack, unpack and plan your move efficiently, saving you time and stress. They are experts in logistics planning and have a multiple resources at their finger tips.

Donate and Plan Unwanted Items Early: If you have items in your home that you no longer need or want, start getting rid of them early. You can donate them to a local charity or sell them at a garage or estate sale. This will help lighten your load and make your move easier. Organizers have great resources to help you plan the best method that fits your needs.

if you are packing yourself, make sure to label each box with its contents and the room it belongs in. This will make unpacking much easier and help you keep track of your belongings. Coloured tape helps identify boxes from across the room. Movers can easily follow the colours without having to read the contents. This can help speed up placement of your boxes on move day.

Start your research early. moving and changing cable, telephone, address changes all take time. Don’t wait for the last minute. Professional Organizers have their lists of trusted trades to help you narrow down your top choice for movers, carpet cleaners, cleaning companies, handyman services, art movers and hangers and audio visual hook ups and install.

Move with a plan and start early is the best advice we can provide.

Calm Order are experts in move management including packing, unpacking and getting ready to sell.

Spring Clean Your Closet

Time for a reality Check on my Closet

Do you have a closet full of clothes and seem to wear the same things?  Is it because we are waiting to get to that perfect weight? If that is the reason, it is ok to hang on to stuff for a short term IF and only IF you are taking positive daily action consistently to reach your weight loss goal. If your just living in someday mode, well then…. someday may just never come.  It is then you really need a reality check. If you haven’t fit into those clothes in 4 years then most likely you wont. I’m not saying you never will get to your ideal size, but entertain the thought that by the time you do, the clothes will probably be out of style and tired. When you lose weight you will most likely want to go out, get that new wardrobe and show everyone you did it!

I had a friend come and help me with my closets one day. I was having a hard time letting go of the clothes. Some I still liked but in honesty had not worn in ages. Why was I hanging on to them?

My friend helped me to eliminate the out of style things I needed to get rid of. I challenged her on a few things as I thought they were still ok. I relented and in the donation bag they went.

I did not take that donation bag of clothes out of my bedroom for a week! I needed to think about it in case I wanted to go back in the bag to retrieve anything. What I found was after a week I did not even remember what was in the bag. That was a sure sign that it was time for it to go. It has been 6 months since then and to this day I still have not idea what was in that donation bag!

Do you hold onto stuff because of entitlement?

Are you feeling that “I paid good money for that” You think you should keep it and why get rid of it. You really don’t like it anymore? It has no use?  This is a good one to challenge your beliefs. Change your beliefs and change your life!

Think about your logic of why you want to hang on to something you don’t love. Sure you paid good money for something but if it serves no purpose why keep it? Find the pleasure in giving it to someone who really needs it or loves it! You will be glad you did.