Your Baby Bird Has Flown the Coup

Do you remember waking up as a child in the middle of the night because you think you heard a noise, calling out to your mom and dad for comfort. Now fast-forward to a couple of years down the road to your first night alone in your new apartment, you hear a noise and call out to…??? Then you remember you are all by yourself in your very own apartment. How exciting! Except for that strange noise you just heard. There is no question that you have heard the expression “empty nest syndrome” this usually refers to what parents go through when one or more of their children move out of the house; leaving just them. It generally describes the loneliness or “emptiness” they will feel, but did you know that we as children moving out for the very first time can go through it too. We are used to having someone always there to help us out if we need it, do our laundry, make us meals, do the shopping and pay the bills. We are not used to the fact that we are considered “adults” and now have to do this all on our own.

Moving out on your own as a high school or college graduate is an exciting time in your life because it means that you are in charge of you, and you are able to decide what path in life you are going to go down. Hopefully, your parents will let you live with them for a little while longer while you try to save up enough money in order to move out. A good rule of thumb is to try and save at least three months of rent and bills before you move out so that if something comes up unexpectedly you can handle it. Although a little scary at times there are many things you can do to make sure that when you do finally move out on your own it will be a rather painless and smooth transition.

First, try to find a roommate; doing this will help you when it to making the rent and paying bills. With any luck you have someone that you are willing to share this experience with as well as your new home.
Second, do not wait to long to act. You need to start getting quotes from moving companies, unless you are going to do it yourself. The more local movers you call the better off you will be.
Third, a well paying job would not hurt to have either. This usually helps in keeping yourself a float when you are trying to adjust to your new surroundings and situation.

Now that you have found your dream apartment, a roommate if need be, and have saved all your money it is time to get movin’.

Moving in Dallas is a lot easier than you think, it is one of the largest markets when it comes to housing and movers. As always the more you do in preparation the better your moving day will go. Since this is your first time to be on your own, you have to get all your utilities set up and all your deposits made. You undoubtedly have started packing your boxes and luggage; and a little piece of advice from me to you, pack at least a weeks worth of clothes, your toiletries, and easy to cook food, just in case it takes you a little longer to get unpacked than you had planned.

Moving is always a stressful time, whether it is your very first time or if you have moved countless times. I remember the first time I moved out was to go to college. I moved into an off campus dorm, so it was like a small furnished apartment. My parents and I packed up all the things, loaded up my mom’s car and the back of my dad’s pick up truck. We had to be at the dorm at 6 a.m. in order to get in line so it would not take all day to move in. What an experience that was. Then after we got all of my stuff up to the 6th floor my mom and I went shopping to stock the cabinets, refrigerator and bathroom. I remember vividly the feeling of sheer exhaustion when everyone left. My roommate and I were so excited to be on our own finally and were going to go out for our first night on the town. We made it about a block down the road to a restaurant to have dinner and went right back to our room, took showers made the bed and went strait to sleep.

So to all you little birdies that are getting ready to fly off into the great unknown remember to always be nice to your parents since they are the ones who are going to help you out when you need it;and to all you parents out there who are getting ready to have an empty nest remember to be nice to your little birdies so they will come back home every once in a while.