When you’ve bitten off more than you can chew, CHEW FASTER AND DON’T STOP.
At the end of Day Two of my 3-4 hour packing & loading task, the truck’s finally at capacity.
Before:

After:

The pros will be here on Thursday to finish it off and tie off that final loose end.
Wisdom is knowing that it’s stupid and unnecessary to try the three hour drive home when I’m this exhausted and sore and have bruises and pain in places I didn’t know I had places. So they were as surprised to see me back at the hotel as I was!