When you move, there are certain steps
you can take in order to make your life easier. Well, not easier,
just...less of a pain in the ass. And while you're at it, you can
make several other people's lives less horrible, too!
One thing you really need to get a
handle on is changing your address. Lemme be clear about one thing:
Giving the post office your
forwarding address does almost nothing.
Imagine you use a
phone book. Let's just pretend that's still a thing that people do.
Telling the post office you've moved is like changing your number in
the phone book. If you don't tell your grandma that you have a
different phone number, she's going to keep calling your old number.
She's not looking you up in the phone book. She has your
number. It's in the address book you got her for Mother's Day, ya
cheap jerk.
And you know the post office will only forward your mail for so long...right? Yeah. You're going to have to do a little bit of work.
Make a basic list.
There are organizations that need to be notified when you change your address. The quick way to make your list is to go thought your mail -snail or electronic. All of the monthly bills, newsletters, and financial statements represent companies that need your new information.Think about companies and organizations that send you things on a regular basis. Do you frequently order things from Amazon? Netflix coming to your door every week? Calling First Wok for delivery again? Remember to give your new address.
Seriously. Your bank won't forward your mail.
This is a really good reason to take the time to notify the necessary companies that you're moving. If you want to keep getting important information about CD rates, rewards programs, and mergers, just pop in. Fill out a change of address form. You can probably do it online. That way, when your bank gets bought by another bank, you'll know about it instead of being angry and confused later when your card stops working. You'll avoid the messy situation of having your new debit card and PIN sent to whoever lives in your old apartment.Tell Big Brother where you are.
If you do things like vote and pay taxes, you'll need to let someone know where you are. Let's jump out of the still-using-a-phone-book world and enter the present, where everything is a keyword away. You can look up all of this stuff on this amazing thing called the Internet. There are helpful websites there, like this one: http://www.ehow.com/how_4842787_change-name-address-voting.html
Be a grownup is hard, but you're going to have to do it if you want
to avoid pissing yourself off later.
