How Some Plastic Bags Made Me Happier

Plastic bags containing contact lens case, hand cremeYou’d think, wouldn’t you, that by this time in my life I would have figured out some fast, easy organizational tools and habits to use when traveling.  We usually take one big trip a year and often do some shorter ones.  What has seemed to happen in the past is that the trips are spaced out just enough that I forget how much of a pain it is not to have a system and end up digging around in my suitcase every morning to find what I need.  Also, I start out with all these nice clean clothes neatly folded up, but then as I wear them they become dirty clothes, and what is one to do with those?  So as the trip wears on there’s a tangle of clothes and a tangle of items, and every morning is just a real hassle.

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