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Start with the stuff you're least likely to want/use before you move. Pictures off the walls is a good start. Books, decorative stuff, off-season clothes, utensils and appliances you won't need,
As you're going through stuff, consider when was the last time you used the thing and how likely are you to use it again? When my mom was packing and there was a bunch of stuff that was kind of sentimental but not like Grandma's china or what have you, I made her take a picture of it and get rid of it. I've done the same...the shoes that I wore all through college but are busted up now. I don't need them, but the memories are nice, so take a picture. It lasts longer and it takes up no space at all.
I find it helps to set aside one room or part of a room as the storage area for the full boxes so things don't get too cluttered. It goes without saying, mark the boxes so you know what's in them. If you can organize things by where they go in the new space, all the better.
Depending on how long it is till you're moving, set aside some things you'll need at the tail end so they don't get packed - cleaning supplies, paper/plastic plates/cups/forks or a few plates and such, a weeks worth of clothes, etc. Also make sure you have a box full of the stuff you're going to need immediately when you unpack. (It might be the same stuff.) For me it was a few clothes, some dishes, my phone charger and laptop, shampoo and stuff.
Good luck and er...have fun? Moving is such a pain in the ass, but it's also a new beginning.
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