After all the unpacking and organizing, sitting down on your couch in your new home may actually be one of the best feelings in the world. But getting there wasn’t a walk in the park. Whether you’re a first-time home buyer, downsizing in retirement, moving to a new city, or getting settled in your first apartment, you’ll be able to relate to these 32 GIFs that perfectly sum up the chaotic process of moving.
1) When you just know you’ve found the right home
2) When you finally sell your old house
3) When you’ve had weeks to pack and tomorrow’s moving day
4) When you’ve been packing for hours and aren’t even close to finishing
5) When you ask a friend to help you declutter and they actually try to declutter
6) Getting psyched on move-in day morning
7) When your friend said they could help but cancels the day of
8) When you meet your “discount” movers
9) “Eh, we don’t need a moving truck”
10) That time you said “We don’t need to tie it down…I’ll hold it”
11) You haven’t moved if you haven’t been at this point
12) Trying to get furniture up and down the stairs be like
13) When you’ve been lifting with your back all day and still have halfway to go
14) When it’s time to move the heavy stuff
15) Walking into your new place with the first box…
16) …vs. the last box
17) When you ask if someone needs help and they say they’ve got it
18) Your friends after moving all of your stuff in
19) Knowing you still have to unpack
20) When you thank and release your friends, the real heroes
21) Doing one last walkthrough of your old home
22) After a long day of moving
23) Looking around at everything you have to unpack
24) Procrastinating unpacking like
25) Waking up from your “quick break”
26 When you finally open a “just throw it in there” box
27) Realizing you probably should’ve put more stuff in the donate pile
28) Walking up to your door after a huge grocery run
29) When everything’s unpacked and you’ve officially moved in
30) Sitting on your couch for the first time in your new home
31) Celebrating with your friends in your new home
32) Meeting your new neighbors for the first time
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