"Start out by laying out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes, and double the money."
You would think at this point, after various trips, studying abroad for the semester, a year living abroad, a summer backpacking, etc that I would be better at packing. But I'm not. I always start off well - determined to only bring 2 shirts, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of shorts, etc. But the 10 minutes before leaving always includes stuffing whatever left over room is in my bag with more clothes or toiletries - resulting in a disorganized, overweight bag. So this time I was determined to be different - refused to lug around a heavy bag for 6 months. So after careful organization into laundry baskets and examination of other suggested packing lists, I ended up with a 15kg pack (still not great but MUCH better than past trips) with about 1/5 of the space empty. I'll post my packing list on here later and when I finish, I'll post notes on what I think would have been helpful/cross off those things that were not needed.
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