There comes a time in everyone's lives, some much more than others, when you have to pack up all of your earthly possessions, and find a new place to sew your roots. With that comes the dreaded and highly-avoided task of packing...

The first thing to set in is the overwhelming procrastination stage.

If we avoid the moving part we can avoid that whole packing process. There is nothing that shows a person's packing abilities better than a last minute packer.

Wow, Pooh, as if being my childhood go-to wasn't already enough. We need a power snack, beforehand right?

How do I even have this much stuff, especially when I always feel like this?

Like where has this stuff been hiding? I swear that I find a whole new outfit every time I pack, even if it is just a weekend trip. I have that whole "mysterious black hole" thing down --you know the one that just up and consumes your closet little by little with no known notice to you?

How do I even go about shoving this all into a reasonable amount of tote boxes?

Listen Bey, it ain't always that easy. Squeezing, crunching, bending and stuffing are the four main verbs to describe most any packing technique. To minimize the load of old, worn out treasures once loved? I take Eminem's famous approach:

Take it to a re-consignment and maybe earn a few bucks for your dedication to finish packing and getting rid of your "junk." You know what they say; one man's junk is another man's treasure.

Is there a way this could even kind of be organized?

Is there a rhyme or reason to how "effective" packing works? For me it goes a bit like this, after the first few boxes are finished it slowly becomes every article for itself. I begin to bundle it all into a heap and toss it into a box and hope it doesn't end in the "mysterious black hole."

Packing can be bittersweet.

An old letter or memento pops up and brings all the memories along with it. It was your childhood home, everything you know from this generation in your life you have experienced here. I will be missing you, it, or whatever.

You are easily distracted.

No you don't need to finish packing the box that is about a third of the way full. No, you actually have to go to Target to pick up that one thing, ya know, for the kitchen. Yeah, Target.

Upon arriving at Target you realize. New space, new decorations!

We love to decorate because it is always fun to change things up and let's be real the shopping is a total bonus. It is time to make that new house of yours a home.

Then there is the move in.
Tensions are high, everyone is sweating bullets, hauling boxes in and out and people start to get feisty. Put your back into it!

The cherry on top? Unpacking, duh!

This is one hell of a process.

PSA: Cocktails have been proven to help in making the packing process a bit more enjoyable.