An Alien in Sweden

A blog about my move from England and my new life in Sweden.
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33 Days to go – I have too many things to pack

Monday, August 16th, 2010

With just over a month to go things are getting very hectic around my move. I’m currently out of the UK for two weeks so by the time I am back in London I will have just 18 days to pack everything and move.

I’m really behind my schedule. It’s now just mostly down to clothes that I need to sort out but it appears that every time I try and throw something out I have this nostalgic connection to it and I find myself hanging it back in the wardrobe. Now I know that I will be bringing the majority of what I own in October by air but I must start being more ruthless with the things that I do not need.

I began with sorting the clothes into three piles Keep, Do not keep and Unsure.

After I sorted out one part of my closet I realised that I actually only had one pile, ‘Keep’. So I have decided that I will be more ruthless when I return and sort it into the following

• Keep
• Do not keep if not worn for one year
• Rest in storage

That way I will know that I am only taking the essential clothes with me. I’ll be arriving mid September so taking a mountain of T-shirt is not going to be the smartest of moves. I’m hopeless when it comes to this sort of thing so any advice on sorting clothes out will be more than welcome!

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What shall I take with me?

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Well in five weeks time I will be in Sweden for one week. I’m planning to take an extra suitcase and pack as much as I can in so I then have room to take even more essentials when I move in September.

I have begun a mass clearout of what I own and it’s about 90% clothes. With the exception of my mobile phone and computers I won’t be taking any electrical goods with me. It’s a bit pointless as to ship it over is the same price as buying a new one.

One thing that has been a little strange is thinking of how much downsizing I have done in the past ten years since moving from Bristol to London. When I made the first move I had to hire a van to move all my things down. Now I can practically fit all I own in a car!

I’m in the process of packing things up into boxes and will then ship over the rest of the items I need around October/November time. I will need to take a lot with me but not so much that I have things I do not need.

Over the years I have become a rather experienced traveller, but going travelling and moving to a new country is a totally different ballgame!

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