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What to accomplish one month prior to your moving date:
1. Let everyone who's anyone know that you're moving.
This entails sending out the much dreaded "I'm moving!" notices. Obtain the change of address forms from the post office, and let them know your new address. These cards should provide your new mailing address and contact information. Send them to friends, family, employer, health care providers, your children's schools, organizations you belong to, newspaper/magazine subscription services, insurance companies, financial institutions, loan and credit card companies, and anything else you can think of.
2. Get packing!
You can begin sorting and boxing up the things that you do not use on a day-to-day basis.
3. Choose a moving company.
Make certain that the mover you choose is licensed, bonded, and insured.
What to accomplish two weeks prior to your moving date:
1. Notify utility company.
It is best to have services at your new residence begin the day before you are to move in and services at your old residence shut off the day after you move. This should eliminate the chances of any problems. Remember to contact all utility companies: phone companies, local and long distance carriers, wireless services, sanitation company, water, electric, gas and cable company.
What to accomplish one week prior to your moving date:
1. Finish packing.
Label each box with the contents and the room from which the items were taken. This will alleviate much of the burden when you begin unpacking.
What to accomplish the day before your moving date:
1. Obtain the keys for your new residence.
2. Confirm the move time with your moving company.
3. Do a final walk-through, making sure that you have not left anything behind.
4. Get a good night's sleep -- tomorrow is a big day!
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