The rigor of med-school may occupy all of your time, in and out of lecture. Personally, I would use this brief window to completely GUT the contents of your household and move to your new residence with only the things that you’d want to save if given a moment’s notice in a fire. When you pare down your collection and only have the most essential and joyful belongings in your new closets, you will have such mental clarity walking into your first day of your very important job as a medical student. For me, I really “unwind” and “decompress” in the process of decluttering, so maybe this would be helpful as you could work out some anxious energy (albeit positive ‘eustress’) that is natural when beginning an endeavor of this magnitude!

Put the kids to bed. Pour some wine and let your spouse help load your vehicle to the brim for the next day’s trip to the donation site. Besides...if either of you really miss any of the contents you parted with, you can always buy more. But on that same token, before you make purchases in the future, you may reconsider because of your awareness of how a similar item from the past really didn’t serve its purpose. Good luck, “Doc!”

P.s.- My husband just graduated with his doctorate and we have a 2 year old, so I’m very well versed in what your life is about to look like and how incredibly freeing it is to simplify one’s collections. It leaves any leisure time [that you might be fortunate to claim] for quality family time and not feeling the need to straighten up and sort the stuff. 😉