Why You Should Work With a Mover

Life is a fantastic journey full of adversarial hurdles, triumphs, and growth! Much like a seaside creature, we all eventually grow out of our shells and into more accomodating ones. This comes with many forms of growing pains. Our growing pain physically manifests itself in the form of a daunting and abhorrent task known as moving. Certainly, this is the least exciting ordeal, but it is necessary in bringing the essence of your personality along for the ride.
It’s easy to map out where everything should go and how it should look in an ideal world, but then it hits you: who is going to haul all of this stuff over there? Not me, you reply. If you don’t have the time or energy to move, it’s best that you hire a professional moving company and relax as the beautiful images of your journey to the next chapter reappear in full glory.
Hiring a moving company takes only a few rules of thumb and some quick research and cross-referencing. There are things to think about, like how to receive the best estimate, what kind of company to work with, and what to actually ship and what to part with. All of that aside, it’s worth first evaluating if a moving company is the best route for you.

Time is Money

“Time is money” is not just some saying that insensitive people say. It is true for all of us that every moment in our life is valuable, as the sum is finite. If you are a highly productive person who earns more the more you are doing your work or performing your tasks, then time literally has monetary value to you. Moving is a feat that requires hours of diligent planning and execution. If you are a person who would make more money by hiring a company to do the dirty work while you focus on your day-to-day, then hiring a mover is really a no-brainer. Even if you find it “expensive”, if you subtract the cost of a self-move from a professional full-service move and then measure that value against what you would’ve made working, the answer will be clear. The savings become especially clear if you are going thousands of miles cross-country. The cost of a self-move only starts with the equipment rental. It’s impossible to gauge the variable costs like fuel, hotel stays, food, and more on the road. If you are a person with accommodations on either end of your trip, then the savings are clearly in your favor to hire a mover. This is especially the case going from west to east as the demand is astronomical.

Why Bother

If money is less of an object to you, then there really isn’t much to consider outside of the basic question. Do you or do you not want to do the work? If not, movers can save you tons of stress. Think of all the boxes you would need to individually pack and tape shut; the fun improves when it comes to glass pieces, which need to be wrapped sufficiently with protective material. Think of the furniture to be disassembled, wrapped, and loaded onto the truck (hope you rented a big enough truck). Hiring professional movers will take it all away as they come strapped with packing materials out the wazoo and a large moving truck for pickup. Hiring movers is a great way to avoid unnecessary minor or major injuries typically incurred while performing self-moves, ranging from pulled muscles to sprained ankles and, god forbid, worse.