I love to travel, but I hate to pack. The process of making a list, folding clothing into piles, and searching for matching socks and half-used tubes of toothpaste absolutely overwhelms me. So I look for an excuse — any excuse — to avoid it. In fact, I’m starting this article a week before the deadline because I’m procrastinating packing for a weekend getaway. An hour before we leave on our trip, I’ll haphazardly shove clothes and toiletries into a bag and hope for the best. But I get the job done and it’s never really as bad as I thought it would be.
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