Packing. You’ve never ever really given it that much thought until a friend or relative of yours bemoans a horror story about relocating from his dorm room in Chicago to a new place out in Peoria. He informs you of the flat screen TV he’d secured for and how the screen has had cracks during the move considering that the treasured possession lay inside a huge box which has no other protection. He informs you about the package full of glassware that ended up becoming a package full of shattered glass because he failed to mark the box with the word “fragile.” As you watch an NFL game on the damaged TV screen, you mentally remember to buy moving boxes. 

Moving could be a pleasurable and an exhilarating adventure. You can nearly see it as some form of journey or road trip if you happen to be travelling long and far, and not only several floors up or around the corner from the apartment building. Leaving your old home for a new home can also signify several things and whether that implies an improvement from your prevailing living situation or not, relocating usually represents transition. And change is actually a nice thing - until, of course, you are confronted with moving boxes.  
 
In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need to lift a finger when transferring to a new apartment or home. If Steven Spielberg were directing your life, you will enjoy robots and other intelligent creatures transfer all your stuff for you. If Christopher Nolan were leading this life-changing stage of your being, the move will take place totally in your thoughts. If Martin Scorsese were to set up your move, it will involve dark but well-clothed yielding outlaws who will get the job done.  
 
However, life is absolutely far removed from a Hollywood movie. When you live alone and resources are lacking-cash and people-you’ll need to be canny and focused and geared up when you have to move. Shrewd and focused doesn’t mean tricking pals or family members into giving sums of money and their time to assist you pack all your things. Although if they offer, why pass up a greatly unanticipated act of kindness? Should that doesn't materialize, then you’ll have to get ingenious. 
 
Make use of high-quality moving supplies so you are assured that your dishware, your machines, your appliances avoid the damages that moving is bound to result in. Acquire the suitable type of box for the kind of pieces you’ll be packing. For example, a huge compartment isn’t required nor sensible for depositing all your CDs in, unless, you’ve got a huge collection that spans everything from AC/DC to ZZ Top and from ABBA to The Zombies. Yet, if you’re a wise one who has shifted from CD to digital music, then appropriately packing your external hard disk drive together with your other gizmos in a compact 1.5 cubic feet box may be enough. 
 
Packing cartons are available in a diversity of shapes and sizes. There are enormous rectangular boxes for pillows or lampshades. There are big clothing cartons that have hanger bars so you can hang your clothes. There are corrugated cartons with double-wall design, perfect for your china and crystal.  
 
Employing these types of cartons contrary to regular cartons will keep all your valuables safe from scratches and scrapes and other ruins that will get you yelling bloody murder at the time you begin unpacking them. As a different option to packing securely without making use of special boxes, you can go with bubble wrap or newsprint paper (not actual newspapers because the ink could bleed or transfer on your pieces) to protect all belongings that are vulnerable to breakage.  
 
You can buy cheap moving boxes online from trustworthy makers. This will enable you to lessen your packing time. While you await your boxes to get delivered, you can begin to arrange your items on a room-by-room basis therefore it will be considerably less insane when you unpack your items in your new residence. Don't neglect to label, else you might turn up hauling enormous boxes of your CDs in your new restroom. 
 
Relocating can be an enjoyable and delightful experience, and you needn’t have the extra money to pay for movers who will physically pack all your valuables. Just get organized and don’t leave everything up to the final minute. And lastly, enjoy the move by putting on a few rock ‘n roll or hip, new dance music on your iPod, break out the six-pack (yes, even if you happen to be on your own), and let the packing commence.