The Joy And The Sadness of Moving Into A New House

Moving Into A New House

For many people, moving into a new house is an achievement as they do it to live somewhere bigger and better. They work hard to earn the money they use to buy or rent a more convenient home, so it is indeed a joy. However, while that is true, there is also an undeniable fraction of sadness that goes along with it. Why and how?

Below is a list that expounds on what makes transferring into a new dwelling, regardless if it’s fairly near or quite far, exciting and gloomy at the same time. You can surely relate if you already experienced this, and you will agree with the feeling if you are leaving your old house soon. 

Know what the joy and the sadness are when it comes to moving out of your old place and into a new house. Keep reading. 

THE JOY:

1 – NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN A NEW PLACE.

new opportunities in a new place

When you move into another residence, you are welcomed by opportunities at their freshest. It is a new place, so there are new possibilities in terms of career, work, business and education. 

Sometimes, the old place could be too much of a comfort zone to you already, that you seem to lack motivation to look around, explore and know what work options are present, so you end up losing opportunities instead of gaining them. Excluding that internal issue of ‘motivation’ though, the old place can also be a hindrance in such a way that no vacancies are ever available, stable or ideal for your employment.

Location-exclusive job openings which you have never heard of from your old place can be the ones you have been waiting for so long.

You are a new face in a new place too, so people will be interested to discover your good capacities and to know your promising contributions to them. This is especially when you move abroad. The diversity in cultures can also be an indication of the existence of new and unique opportunities for you in a new place.

2 – A BETTER ENVIRONMENT 

a better environment

One of the main reasons why many people decide to leave or sell their house to live in a new place is to experience a better environment. And absolutely, it is a dream come true when that happens because they just want to have a more beautiful life! Especially when you already have a family, you want them to be safe and to enjoy a pleasant home, so you will understand this kind of life goal! 

Of course, if the former residence is smaller and narrower, it will no longer be enough for a family that’s growing. The living won’t have the quality everyone aims to have – an excellent one! But if the shot arrives that you can move into a bigger and wider home, it is definitely a life-changing turn. Your lifestyle will be changed for the better. Your needs may be met more feasibly and more properly as well.

In another case, if the old shelter lies in a town or village where crime rates are high, where people are warfreak day and night, where man-made disasters are frequent due to residents’ irresponsibility or where garbage disposal is the worst, it gravely affects the family’s perceptions, personalities and life. When the home’s environment outside is good, the inside will be affected positively.

Moving into a new and much better dwelling will keep lives safe, secure, healthy and hopeful. 

3 – THE FORMER HOUSE AS A RENTAL SPACE  

the former house as a rental space

Financially and businessly speaking, moving into a new house is advantageous when you can and you plan to set the former house as a rental space. 

This means you are still not leaving the place completely. Instead, you are letting other people live in it while paying their rental fees, and you are not living there anymore. You may have a caretaker for that house to still be maintained well and for all the occupiers to be assisted. You can earn using your previous house while you live peacefully in your new home. 

In the future, if you plan to totally sell the house, you also can gain a lot, especially including the renovations you had done for it. If you move into a new residence and tag the old one as a rentable lodging, you are making a wise and practical choice too!

THE SADNESS:

1 – LEAVING THE PLACE YOU GREW UP IN

leaving the place you grew up in

This may only be relatable to people who were born and raised in the house that they have always lived in while growing up. 

Moving out is melancholic when you realize that you are leaving the place you grew up in — where all your happy and even not-so-happy memories were made. It’s where you laughed and cried, learned and taught, loved and are most loved. The lifeless walls and ceilings have seen you grow taller, older and smarter. The first few footsteps you took were recorded on its floors. What were your first few words? That house was a witness. Many of your firsts and lasts happened there. That home is where you are your own genuine and unmasked self the most. 

As you watch the moving boxes containing all your stuff being packed and sealed, the house is being emptied, and there’s a sense of loneliness within you as well. That habitation you have considered the best like no other place is little by little being abandoned, so sometimes, even if you are moving out for a good purpose, there’s an inevitable sadness that hits you painfully. What’s more heartbreaking is that at the last minute, you suddenly don’t want to leave anymore, but of course, you have to and you will.

The new place is a new chest for new memories, but there is nothing like the house you have always been used to going home to no matter how fun or exhausting your day may be. 

2 – AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORS

away from your childhood neighbors

Well, you cannot deny that the sadness of leaving a place includes the sadness brought by leaving behind the people who have become a huge and helpful part of your daily life. This is especially if you and your neighbors have been very close to each other since day 1. 

The kids you played with, rain or shine, when you were all younger are now grown-up adults like you. The neighbors who were like sisters and brothers to you have always been people you trust around your house. These people are just a few steps or even just a wall away, and you know you can count on them anytime of day! 

So when the time comes that you have to move somewhere else and leave them too, it’s going to be heart-rending. You may have the chance to visit them or meet each other again in the uncertain future, but it’s going to be wholly different from the day-to-day setting you are used to. You won’t find people exactly like them anywhere else, and it’s sad to be away from them. But indeed, the stories, laughters, rants and amazing moments you all shared together will be missed but will always be treasured. 

Childhood is one of the best parts of life, so the individuals who became part of your childhood will surely be missed when you leave your home and enter a new one. You will meet new neighbors in a new place, but they will always be your irreplaceable buddies even from afar. 

TO A NEW HOME

There are many different reasons why people move to a new home. No matter what those are, it is true that there’s joy and sadness in it. The degree may vary for all depending on one’s length of stay and on one’s attachment to the place or depending on the house’s sentimental value, but again, there’s joy and sadness in it no matter what.

When you move into a new house, you are not just moving places but also moving lives. There may be some teardrops and smiles, but wherever you reach and choose to live, live a good life.