Moving in 2025 and beyond

I’m feeling a lot better about the move than I did earlier in the week. I think I just have a ton of anxiety from the last time I moved to New York which was when I was 23 in 20213. A big part of that is that I had much less capital then and no knowledge of New York. While things are more complicated nowadays with a kid and a wife, as well as many more belongings, things are a lot less stressful 12 years later due to advancement in technology.

A huge part of that is just simply how convenient things have gotten. It’s the simple things that add up in these stressful situations like a move. I used a local ISP in San Francisco and canceled with just a simple email. I then booked internet through another local ISP in New York and was able to schedule an installation using Calendly. No more calling Comcast and arguing with them to cancel for 45 minutes and then having to drop off rented equipment.

Moving all our belongings including a car is much simpler in this day of the internet as well. There are just many companies that specialize in this and it was easy to read reviews online to book a couple companies. I was surprised at the level of customer service with these movers and some of them even had online tracking.

Of course, there’s still a lot of challenges. Most notably, it does take at minimum a week to drive from San Francisco to New York. So we’ll be without our stuff for a week to two weeks. That’ll pose challenges here in San Francisco but luckily I have my parents house as a last resort. It’ll be a bit easier in New York without a nanny and with Sophia and I taking the week off.

I am interested to see what the process will be when we decide to move back. Driverless truck drivers are something to look forward to. The truck will of course still need to refuel and/or charge. I know the technology is there or at least close to being there. I hope one day we’ll be able to move all our belongings faster and cheaper with a driverless truck.

If things got this much easier in 12 years. I can only imagine how much easier it will be in 2035.