September can be a hectic time for everyone. Even though we celebrate the new year at the end of December, the truth is that Labor Day weekend feels a lot more like the end of the year. For many families, September can mean starting a new job, starting school or teenagers going off to college. Fortunately, September is an extremely temperate time of year – it is neither too hot, nor too cold. Moving in extreme heat, growing sweaty and de-hydrated can be extremely unpleasant; even worse is moving in the freezing cold and contending with snow and ice. Therefore, it is convenient that for many people, September is moving month.
When folks need help moving in Toronto and the GTA, they call Rent-a-Son – we’ve see our fair share of moves in any climate, and while September may be a great month to move from a meteorological standpoint, it can be stressful for other reasons. To wit: since September is often the month that family members may be starting a new job, or the children may be starting at a new school, tempers can certainly flare up. Arguments can escalate very quickly in the stressful context of a move, especially if some key item has been left behind, lost or mislabeled.
On the flip side, moving can also be a chance to band together and work on communication and teamwork. As a family, it’s important to support each other in difficult times, and a move is most certainly a difficult time. When you engage the help of long distance moving services with a sterling track record to transport your belongings across the country, you make an investment in peace of mind. At the same time, if you don’t work together and communicate well as a family, there is still plenty of room for error.
Here are a few tips that will hopefully help your family before and during a move:
Support Your Spouse – If one partner in a relationship is making a sacrifice by agreeing to move away from family and friends to support the other’s career ambitions, it is important to be extra sensitive. Make sure to listen and provide as much support as possible during the move.
Support Your Kids – A move can be a tumultuous time for a youth, whether they’re children, adolescents or teenagers. You can encourage them to buy a journal so that they can express themselves and write down things they want to remember about the house they’re leaving. You can consult with them on what kind of a house they’d like to live in when you are house hunting and ask them what kind of a room they’d like to live in. Giving them a simple list of tasks to complete can be helpful as well and it will save you having to verbally micro-manage them, which can often lead to conflict.
Plan for the Pets – It’s easy to think of Fido or Whiskers as just another piece of furniture to be moved, but it is not so simple. Your pets are living things and require attention. Take them to the vet and make sure they are healthy before the move. The vet will also advise you whether it would be better to drive them or fly them to their new home. As a rule, cats fare better in planes, but dogs don’t mind the car. This rule, however, does not apply across the board, so take your pet’s personality and medical history into consideration.
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