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up new home, find place, pay holding deposit, how will you get keys? Change of address etc
Transport-
-Get family to new town, Fly or drive? How long will it take, what will you need while you are traveling etc
-Get belongings to new location, hire full service mover or do it yourself? How will you pay for it? Insure the move, how long will it take etc.
Documents/ mail-

-Change address/ forward: voter registration, Mail forwarding? Need PO Box? magazines, bills, change address for W2's, banking?
-Important documents that need to stay with you during move, birth certificate, social security card, check books, insurance documents, bills, cash etc.

Preparing for an upcoming is no doubt a stressful, life changing time but you don't have to let the stress get the best of you. After all this is also an exiting and positive event for you as you have moved forward in your career!

Just remember that the more you do in advance the easier your move will be. That is why thinking ahead is so important! Continually brain storm the various tasks you'll need to complete, make yourself lists of all your moving thoughts and make a little progress each day. Draw up a moving time line and plug all your "to-dos", this will help you to work through a few tasks each day. Remember Rome wasn't built in a day! Just take it one step at a time and before you know it you will be in your new home having survived your job relocation and you'll look back in amazement!

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