Thursday, June 14, 2007
I just know I've forgotten something.
Despite my best efforts to pack light, I have two bags of stuff. Yet I feel like I've overlooked something, and it's going to dawn on me when I get to the retreat and remember I'm diabetic or something and need my insulin to live. But it'll be too late, and I'll go into diabetic shock, or something equally terrifying and preventable.Then again, I always feel like I've forgotten something, even if I'm not going anywhere or doing anything.
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The remedy I learned for this came from scouts - do two mental routines... First think through the Big Things you will need - sleep stuff, cloths, hygine, etc, then think in smaller steps.Second, walk yourself through a day at the retreat, first you get up, put on socks, pants, etc... somtimes you find an item you missed.The Law of Travel states that you must always forget somthing, so the goal is to make that thing as small an item as possible.Additionaly, classics to forget seem to be plastic bags and pillows.
My way of checking if I go evry ting is to mentaly go through ALL my stuff and see if I need something that I ahve not packed. Another clasic to forget that applies to girls is nail file. ~V
I used to pack way too much. My thinking was always, "Well, you never know when you might need one of these..."Well, anyway, I've consolidated it all to one suitcase, carrying one thing under my arm, and wearing everything else into the retreat, and I've convinced myself that anything I'll need that I've forgotten can be borrowed in a pinch.
When I was seriously camping, I had packing down to a science - every pocket of my pack had a specific purpose. All I had to do was think about each pocket in turn, and I never forgot anything.Upper Left - water bottle, water purificationLower left - 10 essentials, medkitetc
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