Our doc said that moving (anywhere) is one of the most stressful things you can do in your life, ranked right up there with a death of a spouse, marriage or divorce. She forgot add in being hauled before the IRS.
In our situation we had not one, but two homes in two states to close out (one owned & one rented). Plus unlike most of you we are not retired and had to change jobs as well. The transition in my work was much easier than my wife's which is a much more demanding profession.
We hired movers but did all the packing ourselves. While we gave many items to our kids, we still brought quite a bit with us and we did our own packing. Since our last name isn't Rockefeller or Trump we couldn't afford to pay the movers to pack us up.
If think that while everybody's experience is different, it's stressful for anyone no matter what their circumstances. Good luck to all.
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