Most people will agree that moving is a taxing process. Multiple details and tasks need attention and time to be handled correctly. In a perfect world, you would manage to move on time with everything in place. However, in the real world with so many deadlines to meet and life coming at you so fast, you end up in the middle of a last-minute move. It happens when you procrastinate or don’t have the exact timelines to the moving process. Let’s figure out how to move stress-free with no time on your side.

1. Start with logistics

You could begin the journey to your new place by hiring a renting truck or moving company. If you prefer to use a moving company due to professional help, you won’t have much time to research companies. You might want to consider a referral from a trusted source in your neighborhood. If you are hiring a truck, request quotes from two or three companies, compare and decide.

2. Discard things you no longer need

With last minute moves, easy packing makes everything else seem easy. Go through the entire house and collect everything that you no longer use or need. Separate the collection into donations, recycles and discards. Be sure to leave your sentimental self away from this task. This should help you move with the things you need and can be packed and unpacked quickly.

3. Pack essentials in one case

Before you start packing everything else, take your small duffel bag and pack your essentials. By essentials, it indicates every personal item that you may want to use during the packing and traveling chaos. This includes chargers, documents, toiletries, medication, a day or two clothing and some snacks. While you could still do this later on or when you aren’t in a hurry to move, it’s a crucial step in a last-minute move. Things are going to get messier and more draining.

4. Major packing

Since you have no time on your side to sort everything in a box in an organized manner, your main goal here is to get them from point A to point B in one piece. Pack things where they can fit and be transported easily even if it means putting the globes with the plates. As long as everything is safely packed, you will sort them out once you arrive at your new destination. You could skip the labeling part seeing that time is not in your hands but be sure to label boxes holding delicate matter.

Make use of towels and other clothing to wrap the fragile items. First, you save the money on packing supplies; then you save time that would have been used looking for the supplies. Tape all the boxes and assemble them in one place.

5. Ask for help

Having a few more helping hands will help you get done with the moving process quickly. Having a few more hands on the moving process will help you stay on track and arrange the tasks appropriately according to priority. For instance, you need someone to drop the donations while you empty the kitchen cabinets. Ask your close family members and friends to help you out.

Moving is always a stressful procedure regardless of how much time you have. Don’t be too pressured. As long as you can get your things to the new destination securely, you will have succeeded.