Unpacking: The Meditative Stress Buster That Will Make You Really Cozy

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Do you like moving?

I’m not talking about the idea of moving to a cooler, nicer (possibly cheaper) house, but the actual process of packing and unpacking stuff. Sure you don’t. Unless you’re Marie Kondo.

For me, packing and unpacking stuff is a daunting experience. You open a box full of stuff that needs to go somewhere in your new bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and living room, and you have to figure out where to put it. The placement must be wise because you don’t want to shuffle things around a lot later (you will still probably have to, though). That kind of work is extraordinarily time-consuming in real life.

In a made-up world, however, unpacking can actually be a much more fun and even emotional experience. There is no need to be like Marie Kondo and find joy in tidying. You just need a bit of free time, an open heart, and attention to detail.

One life in eight moves

The character’s room in 1997

Unpacking is a game that portrays the journey of a teenage girl through her twenties and into her late thirties.