MOVING - the two types of people (us)

Getting ready to move to TX without a furniture mover, I've learned a lot about the two types of people.  And mixed types.

For instance, when I'm moving and getting rid of stuff, I'm a pile-it.  I need desperately to see where the stuff is that I'm shipping ahead, and where the stuff is I'll need to get on the plane and when I get off it.  Out of sight, out of mind.   This makes me a mixed type, because I do need lists for what to do today and what food to buy. 

I'm having trouble being a pile-it in my current one room. I can't be tripping over boxes.  And having trouble with piling anything since the surgeon said absolutely no lifting, moving, or packing.  So. . .In fact, I can't walk to a place to buy a couple more boxes.  My helper is not always on the same wave-length as I am.  But a "pile" for Goodwill can just go in a bag on the bed, then I'll push the bag onto the floor.

Whether you're a pile-it or a lister, here's one main thing I've learned:  don't panic.  Or if you must panic, and some of us must panic, don't throw anything away for the first day or so of panic.  Especially don't throw away and favorite sandals.  I think I already got rid of my old boom box with my favorite CD still in it.  And I've already needed to look things up in a book I keep giving away and then needing.  Really needing.

Today I'm going to hang signs in the closet:  SHIP and PACK.  The problem is that I can't pull out a suitcase and see how much it will hold.  My recent trip to the hospital taught me that a couple ugly summer robes and my underwear can fill up a suitcase amazingly fast.  How do people do it when they go out of town to work? 

I confess I still have brown envelopes to fill and stuff from the files to throw away.  Aaargh.

Yes, fear of dumping some valuable paper or fear of no room in the suitcase can really paralyze me, just like the books all say.  

Luckily I have a deadline, and I'll love it when my legal papers are pared down to the minimum and ready to mail.  The most important "send" thing will be the discs for my laptop, which I will have to trust to Fed-Ex.

No use swearing that I"ll never do this again.  No use promising I'll get rid of the bank statements.  Does online banking have all those statements with your account number in 42 places on both sides?  Worth finding out.