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11 Struggles of Packing for College

It would be so much easier to just pay someone to do it for you

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1. Figuring out when to start

Timing is key, you don’t want to start too early or too late.


2. Searching through list after list to get everything you need

Every store has their own list of what you need and you’ve reached a point where you can’t decide which one is right anymore.

3. Shopping for deals

Ads after ads, coupons after coupons, you go shopping all the time and hope you get the best deal.

4. Getting bins to put everything in

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Buying bins after bins and hoping you have enough for all the essentials

5. Figuring what you can’t live without

You can’t just take your entire room and place in your dorm. You need to figure out what you need.

You can’t just take your entire room and place in your dorm. You need to figure out what you need.

6. Going through clothes to find what you need

You have too many clothes and you don’t want to forget your favorite pair of sweatpants.

7. Finding out your siblings took something from you

You knew that top was somewhere, turns out it was in your sister’s dresser.

8. Fighting with your parents.

You know what you need and despite what your parents say yes you need that poster.

9. Trying to plan things with your roommate

If they don’t live by you, the discussion of who’s bringing what becomes harder.

10. The fear of forgetting something

While overpacking is a thing you’re scared you’ll forget something. You go over what you packed in your head a hundred times.

11. Move in day

You thought packing made you nervous but here comes move in day, this makes packing look like nothing

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