Each human being has a limited “concurrent processing capacity”. When planning a relocation, we all juggle and shuffle several /priorities/, either consciously or subconsciously. Some people are naturally focused on the right things, so their subconscious focus is good. I tend to feel subconscious focus is unwise, as we tend to be irrational and lose the proper perspective. Here are some of the many subconscious focuses:

• MRT card remaining value will stay in the card, which may get misplaced and the value lost
• cancel unused credit cards
• get new GV movie card for family, but worry about them losing it.
• laptop get damaged en-route

These /priorities/ can often displace other items of more importance, such as

• safe keep of important docs
• sufficient rest on the long journey
• learning efficiency on the journey? LG2
• forgetting where at home I kept XXX or YYY

What will change if the relocation is for the entire family? I would have to let go of many smaller /concerns/ in order to focus my limited mental energy on other things like

• proper clothing for kids on the journey
• first few days in the new country for kids
• grocery shopping for the first days
• cooking for the kids