Setting Up GODLIKE in a New Apartment
Boxes everywhere, one working outlet, and the toy still in the case from the old place.
A move resets every small habit you had, including this one. Ten minutes of setup in the first week saves you a month of not quite getting around to it.
The Short Answer
Unpack the toy before the kitchen. Charge it, find a drawer that isn't the shared one, and put the cable somewhere you'll remember. Then decide when you'll use it, because a new apartment has no default routine yet. The setup takes about 10 minutes and the timing decision is the part that actually matters.
The Ten-Minute Setup
Start with the toy itself. Wipe it, check that the charging port cover is intact, and give it a full charge while you unpack something else. Two hours of charging runs in the background while you find the plates.
- Unpack the pouch and the toy together, not separately.
- Wipe the surface and let it dry for a minute.
- Charge it fully, using an adapter you've already found.
- Pick a drawer that isn't the one guests or roommates open.
- Put the cable in the same place as the toy, not in the cable box.
The cable is the step people skip. Three weeks later they're digging through a bin of HDMI cables at 11 p.m., which is exactly the kind of friction that turns a habit into an intention.
Where the Outlet Goes
In a new place, outlet placement is a real constraint. If the only free outlet is across the room, charge during the day and store the toy in the drawer you chose. Don't run an extension cord across a doorway to solve a problem you can solve by charging earlier.
Keep the charging spot at least 3 feet from the bed if you can. Not for safety theater, but because a cable beside the bed is the thing a guest notices first.
The One-Drawer Rule
Pick one drawer and only one. A toy that migrates between the nightstand, the bathroom shelf, and a tote bag is a toy you'll spend 5 minutes looking for.
The rule also protects you from the classic second-week problem: you put it somewhere clever during the move and then can't reconstruct the reasoning. One drawer, one pouch, done.
Making Time Visible
Esther Perel has argued that scheduled intimacy can create anticipation rather than kill it, because the waiting becomes part of the experience. In a new apartment, where nothing has a rhythm yet, that idea is unusually practical.
Emily Nagoski's work on responsive desire makes a related point: wanting often follows arousal rather than preceding it, especially in a new or stressful environment. Put plainly, waiting to feel spontaneous in an unfamiliar apartment can mean waiting a long time.
So pick a night. Not a time on the calendar with a reminder, unless that's your style, but a rough slot: Thursday after the boxes in the hallway are gone. Then treat it as something you've decided rather than something you'll notice.
The First Week in a New Place
New apartments are loud in unfamiliar ways. The refrigerator cycles differently, the neighbor's door is closer, the street noise starts at a different hour. Give yourself 3 nights before you judge whether the room is private enough.
If sound is a concern, run a fan. It's the cheapest fix and it covers the low-frequency hum that carries through walls better than higher pitches do.
Unlearning the Old Place
Every apartment teaches a habit. In the last one, you probably knew exactly which floorboard creaked and which drawer slid quietly. None of that transfers, and the first week is when the mismatch shows up.
Walk the new route once, deliberately: from the bathroom to the bedroom, from the bedroom to the kitchen, and note which doors stick. Ten minutes of that saves the small frictions that make you skip a session because the situation feels slightly off.
If the old place had a ritual attached, keep the ritual and change the location. The habit survives the move more easily than the geography does.
Who Should Wait on the Setup
If you're mid-move with a roommate and shared walls, hold off on the drawer decision until you know the apartment's sound profile. The trade-off is simple: setting up early feels efficient, and setting up in the wrong spot means moving it again in 2 weeks.
This isn't for you if the toy has been in a box for 6 months and you're not sure you'll use it. Unpack it, charge it, and leave it in the drawer without building a ritual around it. Curiosity is a fine reason to own one; obligation isn't.
And if you're moving in with a partner who doesn't know you have it, the drawer is the easy part. The conversation is the actual setup step, and no article can do that for you.
By the time the last box is empty, this should already be done. The catch is that 10 minutes of setup feels like a lot on moving day, and those 10 minutes decide whether the first week works. Give it 90 seconds of thought and the rest follows.
One Drawer, One Cable, One Night
Unpack it like you mean to use it, and the new place stops feeling temporary.
- GODLIKE: the curved head and bent handle make it usable at a relaxed angle, which matters in a small apartment where you're often lying at an odd one.
- Browse the Customer Favorites collection for compact options that fit a single drawer.
- Related reading: a realistic setup for a studio apartment.
- What the one-picture instruction card is really telling you.
Sources
- Esther Perel — published work on anticipation and scheduled intimacy in long-term relationships.
- Emily Nagoski — research-informed writing on responsive desire and context.
- Cleveland Clinic — general guidance on cleaning and storing silicone personal products.
This article is general education about home setup and product care, not medical advice. For personal health concerns, consult a clinician.
