Organization: A Parent’s Tool

As a parent, you’ll be well aware of how much you need to organize on a day-to-day basis. Unfortunately, when you are handling a small army of people that you’ve created yourself, it’s common to forget every tiny thing you must do around the home.

Even when you keep a pad and pen handy to make lists, those lists seem to grow legs and go on walks – away from the safe places that you keep them and end up in the Place Where All Things Go. (Note, this is an actual thing, you’ll know what I mean).

One of the biggest stresses for any family is the prospect of moving from the house you’ve always lived in, to an entirely new one. The reason it’s so stressful? Well, that’d be down to the lists and things going missing. A house move means a whole new level of organization.

And this time, you’re not moving from college to your own little bijou apartment, you’re moving with your children to a bigger place to live. Stressed? Absolutely.

Moving to your new house has, until now, been a massive financial drain. Closing escrow and sorting out home insurance and putting down deposits on a new property have made your bank account pop open that glass of wine with you and cry.

As it’s already hurt the bottom line of your purse, you need to think about the actual move itself and how you can save some cash as you go. Not that you absolutely need to move home on a smaller budget, but if you can save the smallest amounts here and there, you can guarantee that you will feel like you’re saving a lot of cash along the way.

Moving is a big expense as it is, so while you’re busy trying to get you and the children organised, you should think about where you can save yourself a little cash along the way.

While we’re on the subject of being organized, though, here are some helpful tips for you to remember. Just make sure that you bookmark this article; just in case!

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8 tips to stay organized when moving

Redirecting Mail

You wouldn’t believe how many places you have to change your address for when you move to a new home. The best thing that you can do is redirect all your mail to the post office and have your mail forwarded to your newest address.

As each piece of mail comes in, change your address with that company. It’s the best way to remember whether you have changed where you live with a particular company. As you change over, tick off on the list you’ve pegged to the kitchen door.

Utility Change

Moving to a new property may mean that some of your service providers for your utilities and your internet connection won’t supply you anymore. It’s always a good idea to see whether you could make some savings by using a new company that didn’t provide you with a service at your last property.

Tell The Bank

Okay, so this could easily come under your change of address, but you need to inform your bank you have moved to a new property, and this is far more important than just informing your insurance provider.

Financial companies that are part of your day-to-day life need to know about the move so that your sensitive information doesn’t end up in the hands of the new owners of your old property.

Write to each financial center as soon as you can, and make sure it’s a special delivery so that you can guarantee that they have received your request to change your address.

Car Details

Moving to a new house should not be a stress for you, so ensure that you have changed your car ownership and driving license addresses over to the new property. This should also include your car insurance provider, as the last thing that you would want to do is miss out on this and end up with the wrong information on your insurance if you are pulled over for any reason. You have to make life easy on yourself and that’s why your car information should be changed as soon as possible.

Babysitting Services

If you have enjoyed the services of local sitters, make sure that you let them know that you are moving and won’t be using them anymore. Your children will need to have new childcare going forward, especially if you’ve moved to a new place.

Make sure that on the actual moving day itself you have the right childcare to keep the kids busy while you’re hauling boxes. Get a family member though, as it could be too difficult to get hold of an old babysitter if it’s going to upset your children.

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Food

One other important thing you need to take note of when moving is what you and your family will be eating. Let’s face it, between packing your things and making sure everything else on this list is done, you can barely make time to cook some healthy meals for your family.

Once you get into your new home, it will still take some days to organize things and get the kitchen ready to prepare healthy home-cooked meals, this means that you have to find other alternatives to get healthy cooked meals for your family.

So in such situations, you will have to look for healthy delivered meals in your new neighborhood. This way, you and your family can enjoy some healthy meals even if they aren’t home-cooked.

Cleaning

Before you leave your old home, make sure that you call in professional cleaners to gut it out and make it look brand new and ready for moving. You can also do the same thing to your new house so that it is cleaned to your standards before moving in. Not only is this a nice gesture for the house you’ve just sold, but it’s also going to be far nicer to move all your things into a house that has been freshly cleaned for you.

‘Unpacking’ Box

When you move to a new house, you need one box that is clearly labeled with the means to make a hot drink, the chargers for the phones and tablets in the home, and any information that you need for move-in day. There’s nothing wrong with having a bottle of champagne in that box, too, so that you can pop the cork and toast to your new home!

Your home move with kids in tow can be easy, smooth, and avoid stress. All it takes is for you to take a moment and appreciate how a little organization can go a long way. Be calm, be cool and be excited, because your new home awaits.

8 tips to stay organized when moving

9 Comments

    • wendee
      April 11, 2018 / 2:12 pm

      thanks Quinn

  1. April 11, 2018 / 1:27 pm

    I loooooove being organized! And I’m sure it helps parents, too!

    -Ashley
    Le Stylo Rouge

    • wendee
      April 11, 2018 / 2:13 pm

      it sure does Ashley

    • wendee
      April 11, 2018 / 4:19 pm

      it’s a real life saver

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