Getting (prematurely) Ready for the Big Move

seejanegetrich — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:00:08 +0000

I have moved back to DC from my Home State and I have been very busy cleaning, donating things to Goodwill and listing some furniture on Craigslist. The Big Move that I am referring to is the end of my lease in July. Right now, I am living in a 1 bed room apartment and after I graduate I will likely end up sharing a house or apartment with other people. So, I need to get rid/sell things so I am able to downsize.

State #1 Bar Exam : July 27-28, 2010
State #2 Bar Exam: July 28 and 29, 2010
Apt. Lease Ends: July 31, 2010

I have a big decision to make about whether or not I want to extend my lease by one month so that I would move out at the end of August instead of July. Do I really want to take the hardest exam of my life and then come back and move out of my apartment? If I can avoid paying one extra month’s rent then I definitely do.

It also depends on what exactly I will do in August. Traditionally, law student’s do a post-bar trip after the bar exam. I haven’t decided if I will and if so, where I will go. If I take a trip then I need to be out of the apartment so I can use the August rent for the trip.

There are things that take up space, you don’t use it but nevertheless it is hard to get rid of. The perfect example is yearbooks. I threw out my middle school yearbooks. But the high school yearbooks were more difficult. I ended up tearing out the pages from my high school year books that I wanted to keep and putting the rest in recycling.

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Getting (prematurely) Ready for the Big Move