Opinion | Turn a stressful moving day into a fun activity by playing Tetris – and more ‘normal’ advice by AI
- Have you considered dressing up as a superhero to alleviate moving blues? Or donning costumes and making it a photo op?
Anyone need help packing boxes? Moving house scores in the top 40 on the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. Moreover, a New Zealand study found that the more you move, the more stressed you become in general. Figures from 2016 show that almost 20 per cent of Hong Kong’s population had moved in the previous five years, almost half of those to another district.
And yet, according to my AI friend, house-moving can be a terrifically fun activity for family and friends. You can make a day of your house move by dressing up as superheroes, incorporating music, planning scavenger hunts and providing small treats or rewards for every item of furniture moved. Disclaimer: this is not my idea.
Don’t forget to pause for photo ops – you could set up a photo booth with props and other costumes. Disclaimer: this also is not my idea.
To prepare the mind for loading removal vans, play Tetris non-stop until every shape you see begins to fit together. This is due to Tetris allegedly increasing your cerebral glucose metabolic rates, which is useful for packing boxes.
For Hongkongers, turning a house move into a party for friends and family might be necessary.
According to AI estimates based on extremely limited and general information, the proportion of movers in Hong Kong is only about 0.054 per cent of the population. Compare this, as the AI did, with the United States, which has more than 17 times that amount, at 0.91 per cent, according to what the AI claims are more reliable figures based on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Disclaimer: there are seven layers of assumption behind each of these statistics, and none of them is mine. I’m happy to share on request.
