packing philosophy

I've been facing the challenge of packing up all my stuff again. Compared to when I moved here: all my T-shirts are larger, which adds up in bulk and weight; I've acquired yet more masks; I invested in a second pair of jeans; I have an air purifier, bathroom scale, and folding bike, all of which I might want to take along.

Verrry late in the process it occurred to me to try to be logical/mathematical about it. This turned out to help less than I'd hoped. ( Read more... )

Where does this leave me? Still in indecision. I'd hoped the math would make it clear "ah yes, you should live minimally and walk away from stuff", but in fact there's a reasonable value proposition for maxing out my luggage, even with the extra taxi and baggage fees. At the very least clothes and bike, and not, say, "bring folding bike and buy new clothes". (Though I don't think single-luggage is even an option with this bike and current gear, I doubt it'd fit in my case without wheel removal, and maybe even with removal.)

Of course, the other consideration is some upper bound of willingness to deal with stuff. Even if bringing more makes sense as a $/lb measure, at some point I'm just done with extra pounds. But I'm not sure what point, yet.