Determining the date !

Planning the move end to end and determining the date :

As allof you know, this is the most hardest part of any move from one location to another. I can tell you from my own experience that determination of this, and sticking to this date is the most hard part. There are lots of "what If'" and "But" and "How" questions, that arise during this phase.
But believe me, there is an answer to all these questions, but may not be at the time you dtermine the date for the first time.

Do decide on a date first. How do you come to that date ? It can be any thing from personal belief , reason or from the fact that, that date best fits you and your family circumstances. Once you decide a date and keep that in your mind, and start planning other tasks around that date. Then you will be able to find answers to many questions.

In our case, we determined a date well in advance on Jan 1st. We determined the date to be end of March (even though we were not sure on the exact date, we had determined it has to be in last week of March). This helped us march towards that date with list of items to be completed.

Do keep in mind, that determining a date is the most important step in your move plan. Talk to your immediate family, when you come up with this date, so that it is convinient to all. Once you have a date in mind, you can always change it at worst case scenario in last minute.