Ways to Help Your Friends Move

It’s hard to be a friend, let alone a good one. But if you have friends who are moving soon, it’s important to think about how you can help them out. Even though you might be sad if your friends are moving away, being a good friend is about loving each other and helping each other out. 

Moving is stressful for everyone involved, but it can be extra stressful for your friends who are doing all the packing and moving. If you’ve got friends or family members who are in the middle of a big move, here are some ways that you can help out.

Offer to Watch Their Kids

Packing up everything while you still need to be responsible for small humans running around is chaos. If you have a good friendship with them and you’ve watched their kids before, offer to watch them for a couple of hou gift them a box of foodrs at a time so they can get in some solid chunks of packing and organizing. This can help alleviate some of the stress they feel. As a bonus, you can bring dinner for them when you drop the kids off after they’ve had a day of fun.

Let Them Know How you can Help

Aside from just watching their kids, there are other ways to help out. Perhaps you can offer to mow their lawn for a few weeks, or you’re available to help load up the truck. Most people are happy to accept help when it’s offered. They may even be relieved that someone is willing to lend them a hand. But sometimes moving is so stressful that is can be hard to figure out what help to ask for. So offering to help with cleaning, cooking, or packing can all go a long way to helping your friend with their moving needs.

Moreover, you can also make arrangements for them so they can focus on more important things. Do some research to view local furniture movers and hire the right fit. This can save them time and energy, and make their move a lot smoother.

Offer to Feed Them on Moving Day

Offer to cook a meal for your friend and even their movers. This can be a great way to help them out. Make sure you commit to this in advance so they don’t make any other plans. You can bring sandwiches, soup, and even pizza or something simple to ensure they all eat and stay nourished on their big day. You can also give them a box of food to quickly prepare when they get to their new place. Moving is so stressful, but good friends go a long way to helping

Be Encouraging and Supportive

Moving is a stressful process, so it’s important to be positive and encouraging during the move. Do not be overly critical or negative about your friend’s decision to move and don’t make them feel bad about their lifestyle choice or living situation. It’s going to be hard for your friend to spend much time with you while they are preparing to move. So if you want to hang out, you probably need to be willing to help out.

Offer to Donate for Them

When your friends are packing up, they might also be thinning out their stuff. Offer to take a load of unwanted items to a local charity so they don’t have to take time away from packing to do it. This can free up more of their time and give you a reason to see your friends more often before they leave town.

Help Them Pack

Help pack their kitchen, bathrooms, and even living spaces. When you help organize their kitchen by organizing the items in their cabinets, drawers, and storage areas it will make it easier for them to find what they need when they move into their new home. Putting all the bathroom items together and all the living room items in the same box can also alleviate the stress of finding things later on. Label the boxes accurately and pack up breakables with extreme care.

Hold Onto Important Paperwork if you Can

If your friend is moving out of state, or even across town, they might need someone to hang onto important documents so they don’t get misplaced in the shuffle. You can offer to keep their documents in a safe or other secure location until they are all packed and ready to go. This helps them get settled into their new place more easily because they won’t need to worry about where things like birth certificates and passports got put when they moved.