Medium Short: Moving Day

A Montreal Tradition where we all move at once!

Sign suspended between chairs to block parking space for the mover (“Move Friday morning, thank you!”) Montreal moves house on the weekend of July 1. It makes no logistical sense to put so much pressure on the moving infrastructure on the same day but that’s what happens. It’s a thing here. (Photo by me.)

Welcome to the latest Medium Short, a weekly accountability practice highlighting what I’m up to along the unmarked trail towards #IndustrialHealing. Reminder: all my Medium articles are linked for free here.

It’s moving day today. And I woke up to my first paid subscriber in the Matereal World! Life is good.

Hang on — let me unpack that a bit. Thank you for bearing with my cognitive struggle today as it’s been an intense few days.

Moving house is hard (and awesome with great help)

I moved house today. The movers have been and gone (world class team, ASAP Déménagement et Transport if you know anyone looking in the area). Moving in Montreal is like a bloodsport, and it happens once a year around the Canada Day weekend. It’s strange, but mine is not to wonder why.

Thankfully, for the big push over last three days the amazing Meredith (aka MerMer) has been here to help out. The schlepping has been fun, even if my body feels similarly to when I’ve run ultramarathons. Joni loves MerMer too so it’s been as good at it gets really.

No more pro bono work for billionaires