The hill I will die on: Packing light is for cowards. Pack heavy | Max Olesker

Trip-prepping shouldn’t be a grim exercise in minimising your milligrams.

Take day outfits, night outfits, gymwear, swimwear – and prepare for an adventure If you’re on the hunt for a streamlined way to travel internationally while only packing a toothbrush, an iPad, a single white T-shirt made of technical fabric and a lukewarm sachet of Huel, then keep scrolling.

I simply couldn’t care less.

Packing for travel shouldn’t be a grim logistical exercise in minimising the milligrams of mass one must transport.

It should be a prelude to an adventure – and an adventure in itself! Max Olesker is a writer and comedian.

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