Once you have a move date, it is better to start planning and organizing your checklist. Shading your move date on your calendar will give you a more proactive feeling to keep your focus in organizing and planning your move.
The purpose of your checklist is to plan everything. Even if you have a moving company to help you, you still need to do some things like organizing your belongings and helping the moving team in order for them to work effectively and efficiently.
Make your checklist from general to specific. Create several checklists such as checklist of packing materials you need before going to the store to buy them. Checklist of things you need to throw and keep, checklist of things that you need to organize, checklist of the number of your boxes for tracking purposes.
Start planning for your housewarming by creating a checklist of the things that you need to buy for it. Create a checklist of names of people you want to invite.
Make a checklist of people, company, and organizations you need to notify with your new address. Creating a checklist will help you remember all the things that you need to do to keep you on track with your schedule. So, make sure you have a nice checklist notebook with you. Keep it handy to make sure you have it always with you.