Funny observation that I made when we moved

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Sort of a spinoff of my unpacking post, but I made a really interesting and funny observation about myself when we moved.

I am a natural declutter and master organizer of anything. I love every aspect of it. Carefully planning everything mentally first, and then actually executing the decluttering and organizing, and all the while done in a timely fashion. I truly missed my calling here, and if I help others organize and declutter i'm a real slave driver about it. lol

DH is very neat and tidy too, but he is completely anal retentive about it. Example: In the 14 days that we have lived in our new house, he has spent all of his time organizing the garage and barely made any progress. While he's in there, I did the entire rest of the house up until it's current point. THE ENTIRE HOUSE! (Last night I finally had enough and went into the garage with him and finished it myself. lol)

Apparently, while I am a master at that stuff, I cannot pack for shit. My sister came over to help me pack and ended up packing 80% of my house herself. She directed and organized our friends who moved our furniture, helped pack the truck, etc. All the while, I stood there not knowig what to do or where to go next. lol

And, DH was even more clueless than I was. I had to give him tasks to complete (example, pack up the basement in the old house) and he stood there and stared at the wall and said he didn't understand what I wanted him to do. Um, pack every single thing? lol

Now what's funny about my sister being a natural born packer of belongings is that she is really crappy with organization and decluttering! lol

So anyway, that's my funny observation. We can clearly go into business together and whip everyone into shape, because with our skills combined, we would be incredible!

[wawa]

LOL, that's funny. I'm a total packrat with clutter everywhere, but I can pack and move like a champ.

[emoflamingo]

I flounder at organizing. Sometimes I can do it, sometimes I suck. Spacial organization, though, is awesome. I can pack a trunk like no other. I'm not sure on packing boxes yet, since my last move was dorm room to house. We'll see!

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'm a fantastic unpacker. But I royally HATE to pack. If we're doing a cross-town move instead of a cross-country one, we move everything in laundry baskets. My method is: toss things in laundry basket. Load in car. Toss more stuff on top. Drive to new place, reverse, unpacking neatly. LOL