I have practiced light packing for years and am a devotee. This essay fits my outlook and I am happy you are promoting it. If you are traveling to a civilized area they have stores that sell things Be sure you have a little cash, ID, and a couple of credit/debit cards. Meds if you need them. Clean underwear for every day of your stay is nice, but honestly it's widely sold too.
I open your essays even when crunched for time cuz i know time sorta slows while reading you and gives me even more of break than i knew i needed. I both loved and hated that scene from Darjeeling Limited, but I am also NOT a Wes fan beyond his very first Bottle Rockets - his reality-adjacent fantasy dioramas are interesting, but beyond that I have just never "understood" Anderson (hard for my Wes-loving bestie to understand). Also, I still have a tapestry upholstered suitcase from 30 years ago that has no wheels, and it DOES make traveling feel like the days of "when you had to dress up." Something my mom laments often, and something I'm actually old enough to remember. And, your comment on decision-making is IT! We are cognitively sapped, unable to make decisions cuz of our burden of stuff, so instead of using our cognitive abilities to pare down, we just turtle it around with us wherever we go. Absolutely great work, as always!
I have practiced light packing for years and am a devotee. This essay fits my outlook and I am happy you are promoting it. If you are traveling to a civilized area they have stores that sell things Be sure you have a little cash, ID, and a couple of credit/debit cards. Meds if you need them. Clean underwear for every day of your stay is nice, but honestly it's widely sold too.
I open your essays even when crunched for time cuz i know time sorta slows while reading you and gives me even more of break than i knew i needed. I both loved and hated that scene from Darjeeling Limited, but I am also NOT a Wes fan beyond his very first Bottle Rockets - his reality-adjacent fantasy dioramas are interesting, but beyond that I have just never "understood" Anderson (hard for my Wes-loving bestie to understand). Also, I still have a tapestry upholstered suitcase from 30 years ago that has no wheels, and it DOES make traveling feel like the days of "when you had to dress up." Something my mom laments often, and something I'm actually old enough to remember. And, your comment on decision-making is IT! We are cognitively sapped, unable to make decisions cuz of our burden of stuff, so instead of using our cognitive abilities to pare down, we just turtle it around with us wherever we go. Absolutely great work, as always!