How to make moving less stressful

Well hello there,


It is so strange to be sitting behind a computer starting a blog from nothing.  I have been following them for so long that it seems like something other people do rather than myself.  For a first post I think I will start with something I think everyone is familiar with.  MOVING!  Being in college it is as if moving is something we do all the time.  I have found myself moving house three different times in the last month because of lease issues.  Finding places to keep your stuff while being a broke college student can be tough. My roommates and I ended up with our things piled in a friends living room for the summer. Always quick to find what you need...or not.  On a good note, we will be finally in our new apartment and ready to move on with our lives in the near future.  Does anyone have any good tips for how to pack? I can't seem to find a way that doesn't end up with all of my stuff just thrown into boxes. Could this just be normal and I just think its strange? There must be more method to the madness. My type A personality just isn't okay with all of this LOL.  A few things I have found to be helpful with the move would be number one: LABELING boxes ( I can not tell you how nice it has been to know what boxes are clearly not what I am looking for!) and number two: Smaller boxes.  You would think that just getting everything into big boxes would get the job done faster, but I find that the smaller boxes make it so there is less room for thing to break! Thank goodness.

Pictures to come of the "final" moving process into our new place.  A much anticipated event if I do say so myself. ; )