Moving is such an exciting (and totally exhausting and totally overwhelming) adventure! For a long time, I had to give theoretical answers about moving because I hadn’t moved since I started my deslobification journey. When I moved to a new-to-me house in 2021, I learned that the advice I’d shared really did work! (Whew!)
Here are some blog posts, podcasts and other resources in which I address decluttering for a move.
Blog Posts About Decluttering While Moving:
Here is a blog post that is the story of someone using my process during their move: Declutter While Moving Houses: Using Dana’s Decluttering Methods!
This post includes before and after photos from a follower who used the 5 step process to pack up her house for a move: Speeding Up Decluttering for a Move.
Podcasts About Decluttering for a Move:
This is a great podcast I recorded with a woman who used my No Mess Decluttering Method to make huge and fast progress during her move: Decluttering for a Move Podcast #293
Here is a podcast where I shared my own planning process for planning my move: #307 Project Brain is a Gift, Planning for a Move Podcast
Videos with Tips for Decluttering for a Move:
My Top 3 Tips to Declutter for a Move
Planning a Move Using the Container Concept
Packing for a Move Using the No Mess Decluttering Method
Short (and ONLY) Packing to Move Video (my own moving experience)
Answers to Moving Questions from my Live Q&A Videos:
When you click on the link, you’ll go straight to the timestamp in the video where I answer the question.
Weekly Decluttering Question and Answer – 4.9.24 (at 55:56) “What would you recommend for someone who knows they will be moving in the next year but doesn’t know if it is in 3 months or 12 months?”
Decluttering Q&A with Dana K White 4.18.23 (at 6:39) “I am very overwhelmed. I found out recently we will be moving out of state- very likely to a much smaller home than we have now. I have decluttered so much but it isn’t enough
Decluttering Q&A March 7, 2023 (at 1:13:13) “What are your best tips for decluttering and packing for a move? Also, what supplies did you find helpful when you moved?
Decluttering Q&A 2.27.24 (at 21:58) “What should be done with the last of the random things left when moving is imminent? Been packing and donating a lot, but now moving day is here and there is no time to sort.”
And the same live Decluttering Q&A (at 40:54) “We are moving before March is over. Piles that contain a lot of easy stuff. Do I take the time to put easy stuff in their homes now, then pack, or just pack and sort in new home?”
This Live Q&A (at 33:34) ” I’m moving in the next few months and putting my house up sale. Top tips?”
Decluttering Q&A with Dana K White 12.19.2023 (at 44:39) “Moving from multi-generational home 3 floors, 5 bedroom, where I’ve lived for 33 years. Grandad passed away, so much stuff! Not sure where we end up when probate is done. How to minimize?”
Decluttering Q&A: 11.7.2023 (at 37:13) “I’m moving in April. I feel like my new kitchen has less cupboards than my current kitchen. Should I declutter down to the stuff that will fit in my new kitchen now or wait until I get there?”
Decluttering Q&A with Dana K White 4.4.23 (at 58:41) “Moving to Japan (hot/humid weather. Should I buy new clothes before I go? Grab a few pieces/try to find stuff there? Or just try to cover my body until I get there and then buy stuff that works?”
Decluttering Q&A March 7, 2023 (at 36:16) “We’re moving into our in laws old home- they still have tons of stuff they aren’t willing to let go of. Is it worth donating all my own stuff so I’m just using their stuff? My clutter threshold is low”
Decluttering Q&A (at 35:44) “any helpful tips on how to declutter for a potential divorce not sure staying or moving in our home as I’m going through my items…smaller home if I have to move?”
From My “Audio Product” Series, Decluttering Deep Dives:
Somewhat confusing explanation: What are my “audio products”? They are a series of six 40 minuteish single audio products in which I go deep into answering decluttering questions I get regularly. They are very similar to podcasts, but they aren’t podcasts. They are paid products available on platforms where audio books are sold. And they were professionally recorded and edited in a studio (as opposed to my homespun podcasts). They are also often available from library systems that offer digital audiobooks. PLEASE NOTE that these “audio products” cost significantly less than an audiobook, usually around $5 (determined by my publisher and the audiobook seller so I can’t say for sure), so don’t use audiobook credits to purchase them since those are often worth around $15.
Moving with Decluttering in Mind (my affiliate link)
Additional Resources:
My book Decluttering at the Speed of Life
5 Day Declutter Shakedown Course