Wasn't it Einstein who coined this anecdote to describe relativity: "Sit on a hot stove for a minute and it feels like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it feels like a minute"?
We're certainly feeling it now! For a 1-bedroom apartment, 750 square feet is nothing to sneeze at. But no matter what kind of unit, a 750-square-foot living space really isn't all that large, especially for a family of three.
Still, it took moving out and then dragging all the little things out of the apartment, plus cleaning up every nook and cranny (including stuff we don't normally touch during our weekly cleaning!) to make the place seem very, very large indeed. There seems to be a vast array of items to clear out of shelves, closets and cabinets. And the cleaning seems endless.
Nothing quite like clearing out a place completely and scrubbing it from top to bottom, to make it feel so spacious and vast and... endless.
Just a few more days, and it'll all be over, then we can relax... until it comes time to move out of and clean our new, 1000+ square-foot apartment in the distant future-- eep! Really makes me rethink the idea of getting a 2000-square-foot home, when we can barely handle living spaces half that size! ;-P
Yep, you never REALLY realize how much stuff you own until you move, do you? I couldn't believe how much stuff I myself had accumulated the last time I moved 8 years ago. I can only imagine what it will be like the next time! :)
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ReplyDeleteWe've found that a good way to rid yourself of clutter is to move into a tiny studio before you upgrade. When Allan and I got married, we rented a studio together, which forced us to get rid of most of our stuff except for the essentials. When we subsequently upgraded to a 2-bedroom afterward, the place was still nearly empty even after furnishing it! ;-)