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Anna Faszcza Moving House Doesn’t Have To Move You To Tears!

A.

Are you the one who can’t wait to move out and start an independent life on your own? Some young people feel ready for such a change but wonder what to do to be successful in this undertakingsuccessful in this undertakingsuccessful in this undertaking. With a great dose of determination and financial background, you are more than likely to achieve the goalachieve the goalachieve the goal. But you need to be aware of the things that might go wrong as well.

B.

Whether or not moving out goes smoothly depends on the reasons for this decision. Some young people want to gain independencegain independencegain independence, which is an absolutely positive and mature thing to do! (1) [     ] No matter the reason, you must always make sure the place you have found is a safe one or that you can afford to cover the essentialscover the essentialscover the essentials such as rent, bills, or everyday groceries. You need to know how to draw up a realistic budgetdraw up a realistic budgetdraw up a realistic budget. If you need help with that, you might ask your parents, as they are highly experienced in managing moneyhighly experienced in managing moneyhighly experienced in managing money.

C.

There are some things that might not go as planned, though. According to Murphy’s Law “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” (2) [     ] So what may go wrong then? Let’s have a deeper look at the worst possible scenario ever.
Even if you are an expert at planningexpert at planningexpert at planning, you can always be surprised by Mother Nature. (3) [     ] You cannot be prepared for dense fog, can you? You can try to avoid such situations by checking the weather forecast or downloading a weather app, which can give you hour‑by‑hour forecasts. Another thing which may thwart your plansthwart your planning [thwart a plan]thwart your plans is connected with property damageproperty damageproperty damage. While wrapping or in transport, your most valuable item, e.g a Ming dynasty vase, might get irreversibly brokenirreversibly brokenirreversibly broken or not hold up under pressurehold up under pressurehold up under pressure. That’s terrifying. To prevent such nightmares, get a ton of foam paddingsfoam paddings [foam padding]foam paddings to wrapwrapwrap such treasure carefully. (4) [     ] Some people twist their ankles, strain backs, break limbs, or pull muscles when not careful enough. Usually, that happens when we quickly and inattentivelyinattentivelyinattentively grab boxes and furniture, which puts us at risk of health lossputs us at risk of health loss [put somebody at risk of health loss]puts us at risk of health loss. So the only way to avoid injuries is to take some extra precautiontake some extra precautiontake some extra precaution.
What else might turn out to be a problem while moving out? Well… the dimensions of the furniture. (5) [     ] Measure it carefully far in advancein advancein advance before moving day. You don’t want to waste the time disassemblingdisassembling [disassemble]disassembling it just to pack it on the truck.

D.

Endless and countless things might go wrong during the move. It is simply impossible to avoid all of them. But there are some things that we can do to protect our property and health. With a little extra attention and research, we have a chance to prepare for the worst situations with a little more self‑confidence.

1 Źródło: Anna Faszcza, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.