But I know that one of these times this strategy is going to really backfire. Life is going to punch me in the mouth and, if it weren\u2019t for my wife, our recent move would have been a disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So Abraham Lincoln aside, here are a few areas where procrastination is absolutely not the best strategy. Take it from me, I\u2019m an expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finding All Your Moving Boxes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gpsztwtsi4-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moving-boxes.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor our move, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s an overstatement to say we used 50 boxes. And I\u2019m talking good sized boxes, like the kind a kid would hop into to pretend they\u2019re an astronaut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So let\u2019s compare approaches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Procrastination Chris<\/strong>: \u201cOh, you know, we\u2019ll figure it out. A couple nights before, we\u2019ll go into a Wal-Mart and ask if they can spare a few extra boxes. That should be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reality<\/strong>: Retailers aren\u2019t always on board with giving away their extra boxes. I don\u2019t know what it is, but I think it\u2019s like going into a restaurant at the end of the day and asking for any spare food; On paper, it makes sense since they\u2019re gonna throw it out anyways. But in practice? Places of business don\u2019t want to deal with this every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy wife\u2019s solution<\/strong>: Reaching out to friends who work retail weeks in advance, then getting the boxes in. She began the process weeks before, rather than a few nights before.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBooking the Moving Truck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gpsztwtsi4-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/moving-truck.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nI feel like anyone who buys a pickup truck automatically puts a bullseye on their back. You really need to start coming up with excuses for why you can\u2019t help everyone in town move well before you put down your first downpayment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Case and point: I remember being at a buddy\u2019s bachelor party down in South Carolina and everyone that showed up had a pickup truck. Ford F-150, 250, even the 550, which is a monster truck that also fires off a cannon. I looked around and thought, \u201cMan, if you ever have to move, you\u2019ve got a small army here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But in most places, a lot of people don\u2019t even own cars, let alone pickup trucks. And no offense to your buddy with a Mini Cooper, but that\u2019s not gonna get the job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Procrastination Chris<\/strong>: \u201cEh, we\u2019ll just get a U-Haul. Easy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reality<\/strong>: Moving trucks aren\u2019t totally simple. For one, they don\u2019t have a normal rearview mirror; They\u2019ve got these big side mirrors that stick out to give you a view when backing up. If you\u2019ve never driven one before, it\u2019s a lot to get used to. And maybe it\u2019s just me, but it\u2019s amazing how accustomed you get to a backup camera once you have one in your car. Without a backup camera and none of the \u201cbeep, beep, beep-beep-beep\u201d, I\u2019m surprised anyone before 2007 ever had a scratch-free bumper.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMost importantly, moving trucks get booked ahead of<\/strong> time<\/strong>. Yeah, that means you\u2019re supposed to coordinate your move date with the date you need the truck, usually well ahead of time \u2013 especially during the busy season. Oops.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMy \u201cI got lucky\u201d solution<\/strong>:One of my buddies loves helping people move. It\u2019s like having a friend who enjoys doing taxes. He once drove a U-Haul from Chicago to New Orleans, so driving this one a couple block was small potatoes. Phew.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSee prices for movers by the hour \u2013 instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read real customer reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Easily book your help online. When do you need help?Where do you need help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Getting Help From Your Friends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gpsztwtsi4-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/friends.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn fairness, I sent out a calendar invite at least three weeks, maybe a month in advance to some co-workers and another friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I cannot, cannot, cannot<\/strong> stress this enough! Without a minimum of four regular friends helping out, I don\u2019t think any move has ever been possible. And yeah, I know there\u2019s an exception out there: the dude who sleeps on an air mattress and only owns like two outfits. But for the vast majority of us, we actually need help moving all of those boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is where procrastination can backfire big time. If I would have reached out only the day before \u2013 nevermind the morning of \u2013 they could have all had other plans and\/or they could have quickly come up with an excuse. (\u201cI, uh, gotta walk the dog.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is one you don\u2019t want to leave up to chance. Even if it works, it\u2019s sort of like when a basketball player fires up a terrible shot and the coach screams, \u201cNo! No! No!\u201d, but then it goes in anyway and they let out a sigh. Yes, procrastination may work every now and then, but not a great long-term strategy. Especially for moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My \u201chope-they-still-talk-to-me\u201d solution:<\/strong> Very patient, very tired friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMake Moving Easier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Everyone\u2019s moving situation is different, whether the city, suburbs or small town. I think back to that fleet of pickup trucks in South Carolina; Some people are lucky or they\u2019ve got all their buddies around with the right vehicles for a move. They\u2019re all set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for most of us, we\u2019re not so lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most moves involve someone fresh out of college with their mom and dad, and the dad is getting upset because his kid procrastinated, and now his back hurts, and the mom is upset because the dad is upset, and then someone\u2019s like, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t park here,\u201d and the mom looks over at the dad before he snaps, \u201cCarol, I know, but I have to go feed the parking meter!\u201d All the while, the kid\u2019s younger sibling is on their phone taking a selfie (#MovingDay). And everyone is about one step away from not getting together for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not worth having one of the worst days of your life with your friends and family. Find some help. If you\u2019ve got the friend brigade of pickup trucks, awesome. If not, hire it. It\u2019s cheaper than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And whatever you do, just don\u2019t procrastinate on this one. No matter what Da Vinci says.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Posted with permission from: The 3 Things to Never, Ever Procrastinate on When You Move<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Procrastination, as a strategy, is starting to get more and more interest from the scientific community. For example, Adam Grant points out in his book \u201cOriginals: How Non-Conformists Move the World\u201d that Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Frank Lloyd Wright and Leonardo Da Vinci were all notorious procrastinators. And hey, it worked out pretty well for … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-logistics-and-shipping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor our move, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s an overstatement to say we used 50 boxes. And I\u2019m talking good sized boxes, like the kind a kid would hop into to pretend they\u2019re an astronaut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So let\u2019s compare approaches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Procrastination Chris<\/strong>: \u201cOh, you know, we\u2019ll figure it out. A couple nights before, we\u2019ll go into a Wal-Mart and ask if they can spare a few extra boxes. That should be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reality<\/strong>: Retailers aren\u2019t always on board with giving away their extra boxes. I don\u2019t know what it is, but I think it\u2019s like going into a restaurant at the end of the day and asking for any spare food; On paper, it makes sense since they\u2019re gonna throw it out anyways. But in practice? Places of business don\u2019t want to deal with this every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My wife\u2019s solution<\/strong>: Reaching out to friends who work retail weeks in advance, then getting the boxes in. She began the process weeks before, rather than a few nights before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I feel like anyone who buys a pickup truck automatically puts a bullseye on their back. You really need to start coming up with excuses for why you can\u2019t help everyone in town move well before you put down your first downpayment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Case and point: I remember being at a buddy\u2019s bachelor party down in South Carolina and everyone that showed up had a pickup truck. Ford F-150, 250, even the 550, which is a monster truck that also fires off a cannon. I looked around and thought, \u201cMan, if you ever have to move, you\u2019ve got a small army here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in most places, a lot of people don\u2019t even own cars, let alone pickup trucks. And no offense to your buddy with a Mini Cooper, but that\u2019s not gonna get the job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Procrastination Chris<\/strong>: \u201cEh, we\u2019ll just get a U-Haul. Easy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reality<\/strong>: Moving trucks aren\u2019t totally simple. For one, they don\u2019t have a normal rearview mirror; They\u2019ve got these big side mirrors that stick out to give you a view when backing up. If you\u2019ve never driven one before, it\u2019s a lot to get used to. And maybe it\u2019s just me, but it\u2019s amazing how accustomed you get to a backup camera once you have one in your car. Without a backup camera and none of the \u201cbeep, beep, beep-beep-beep\u201d, I\u2019m surprised anyone before 2007 ever had a scratch-free bumper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most importantly, moving trucks get booked ahead of<\/strong> time<\/strong>. Yeah, that means you\u2019re supposed to coordinate your move date with the date you need the truck, usually well ahead of time \u2013 especially during the busy season. Oops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My \u201cI got lucky\u201d solution<\/strong>:One of my buddies loves helping people move. It\u2019s like having a friend who enjoys doing taxes. He once drove a U-Haul from Chicago to New Orleans, so driving this one a couple block was small potatoes. Phew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See prices for movers by the hour \u2013 instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read real customer reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Easily book your help online. When do you need help?Where do you need help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fairness, I sent out a calendar invite at least three weeks, maybe a month in advance to some co-workers and another friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cannot, cannot, cannot<\/strong> stress this enough! Without a minimum of four regular friends helping out, I don\u2019t think any move has ever been possible. And yeah, I know there\u2019s an exception out there: the dude who sleeps on an air mattress and only owns like two outfits. But for the vast majority of us, we actually need help moving all of those boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is where procrastination can backfire big time. If I would have reached out only the day before \u2013 nevermind the morning of \u2013 they could have all had other plans and\/or they could have quickly come up with an excuse. (\u201cI, uh, gotta walk the dog.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is one you don\u2019t want to leave up to chance. Even if it works, it\u2019s sort of like when a basketball player fires up a terrible shot and the coach screams, \u201cNo! No! No!\u201d, but then it goes in anyway and they let out a sigh. Yes, procrastination may work every now and then, but not a great long-term strategy. Especially for moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My \u201chope-they-still-talk-to-me\u201d solution:<\/strong> Very patient, very tired friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone\u2019s moving situation is different, whether the city, suburbs or small town. I think back to that fleet of pickup trucks in South Carolina; Some people are lucky or they\u2019ve got all their buddies around with the right vehicles for a move. They\u2019re all set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But for most of us, we\u2019re not so lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most moves involve someone fresh out of college with their mom and dad, and the dad is getting upset because his kid procrastinated, and now his back hurts, and the mom is upset because the dad is upset, and then someone\u2019s like, \u201cHey, you can\u2019t park here,\u201d and the mom looks over at the dad before he snaps, \u201cCarol, I know, but I have to go feed the parking meter!\u201d All the while, the kid\u2019s younger sibling is on their phone taking a selfie (#MovingDay). And everyone is about one step away from not getting together for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not worth having one of the worst days of your life with your friends and family. Find some help. If you\u2019ve got the friend brigade of pickup trucks, awesome. If not, hire it. It\u2019s cheaper than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And whatever you do, just don\u2019t procrastinate on this one. No matter what Da Vinci says.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Posted with permission from: The 3 Things to Never, Ever Procrastinate on When You Move<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Procrastination, as a strategy, is starting to get more and more interest from the scientific community. For example, Adam Grant points out in his book \u201cOriginals: How Non-Conformists Move the World\u201d that Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Frank Lloyd Wright and Leonardo Da Vinci were all notorious procrastinators. And hey, it worked out pretty well for … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-logistics-and-shipping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dejadesktop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Booking the Moving Truck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGetting Help From Your Friends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMake Moving Easier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n