Packing out -- Does it have to be awful?

Friends, no one likes packing out from their home.  It's stressful, emotionally draining, and just tiresome.  Some suggestions to make it maybe a little less awful, some funny (I think) pack-out stories, and hopefully some advice that will be useful to get through the process.  And don't forget the best part about packing out: the tape ball war once the boxes are all stacked up and all that is left is empty space and the ends of the tape rolls!