Comments on: Committing to Your Next Big Move – Realizations from My Relocation

By: Kathleen Stamer

Kathleen Stamer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:15:26 +0000

Hi Ken,

It stinks to move, but it’s great to “be moved”.

I’m moving as well, next month. I was so scared of the whole process of moving that it took two weeks to decide if I wanted the place after looking at it. Now that I’m into the packing and making arrangments, I’m still scared because of the expectations that might be put on me in a bigger place. For one, my husband wants to use the 2nd bedroom as a guest room. I want the 2nd bedroom for my studio! Sure, I’d like guests but I figure what’s wrong with an inflatable bed? Besides, I haven’t had room for overnight guests all my life and no one ever complained.

I’ll be looking forward to hearing, if you want to share, about how you fill your nooks and crannies.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:20:36 +0000

I’m working on it:)

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:26:15 +0000

I guess I should have hired you. Maybe you should be a moving mentor.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:26:24 +0000

I know I’m in the minority, but I love moving and love helping people move! I’ve moved ten times in twelve years for various reasons.

And the way I gear up for it is a step that comes before packing – cleaning out! I use a move as an opportunity to clean out everything (files, closets, pantry, sock drawer), get rid of anything I no longer use but that’s still ‘usable’ (usually by giving it away), and start fresh. There’s such a wonderful feeling of possibility in a new space.

Good luck with the move Ken!

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:54:54 +0000

Clever, Kelvin. Very, very clever.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:19:03 +0000

On promises: I try to remember the feeling of accomplishment I get from living the life that I want to live. Ultimately, we’re all in control of our lives – and we can live the life we want to – but it takes commitment and follow through every single day.

Best!
Jillian

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Commitments | The Dreaming Cafe — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:11:12 +0000

[...] Ken Robert today also talked about commitment, about keeping promises to yourself at Mildly Creative in his post Gearing Up For Your Next Big Move – Realizations from My Relocation. [...]

By: Jane Snell Copes

Jane Snell Copes — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:33:58 +0000

And I really want to make a move out of the woods into the city because I just can’t take care of the outdoors with a gig-based job. A couple more winters, and we really need to move. But you’re right, it’ll be way hard.

Best wishes! One more we never did find the blackboard eraser. Guess we really didn’t use it all that often. . . must be a poem in there somewhere.

By: Idara

Idara — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:44:09 +0000

The challenges you highlight here are among the reasons I am waffling on putting my house on the market…right now I have everything in my home office “just so,” and the prospect of packing things up and disrupting my special “routine” really has little or no appeal at this juncture But as we all know: “if we do what we have always done, we will get what we have always gotten…” (sigh)
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By: Sandy Dempsey

Sandy Dempsey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:18:34 +0000

How do I keep promises to myself? Hmmm…I never really thought about it. But, now is as good a time as any…

I do know that as soon as I began to think of ‘me’ as important and worthy keeping my promises to myself became easier.

My journal, my vision board, my to-do lists and my blog all help me remind of the promises I’ve made to myself.

The biggest thing I think is that I want my nieces and nephews to love and respect themselves and their own dreams and promises to themselves.

They learn more by deed than words, so following through on promises made to myself is, for me, like showing them the ropes.

Make sense?

Good luck with the move…and have fun with it.
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