The Five Worst Things About Moving

I moved this past weekend. Thankfully, it wasn’t too dramatic: I went from one unit to another within the same building, so I didn’t have to pack everything into a van. Instead, I just loaded things onto a cart and made plenty of trips in the elevator. But there is no such thing as an enjoyable moving experience, and I’m writing to vent about the worst parts, for the sake of healing my wounded soul.

Honestly, the list of burdens from moving is endless, so this article could be, too. You sometimes need someone with an engineering degree to figure out how to fit a big thing through a small door, and movers never seem to have working clocks. When I woke up at 3 a.m. during my first night sleeping in the new place, I panicked and assumed I had been abducted.

About the Author

Abigail Anthony

Abigail Anthony is a staff writer at National Review.

I moved this past weekend. Thankfully, it wasn’t too dramatic: I went from one unit to another within the same building, so I didn’t have to pack everything into a van. Instead, I just loaded things onto a cart and made plenty of trips in the elevator. But there is no such thing as an enjoyable moving experience, and I’m writing to vent about the worst parts, for the sake of healing my wounded soul.

Honestly, the list of burdens from moving is endless, so this article could be, too. You sometimes need someone with an engineering degree to figure out how to fit a big thing through a small door, and movers never seem to have working clocks. When I woke up at 3 a.m. during my first night sleeping in the new place, I panicked and assumed I had been abducted.