Life: 10 x 10

Take a look:

All my clothes, ready to be bagged.

We’ve moving. We’re staying in the new place for several weeks at least. Possibly months. What you see above are the clothes that I will have during that time. It’s not ideal, but I’m getting my clothing load down to something approximating workable.

Going down each column in turn:

• Column 1:
  • Eight pair socks.
  • Thermal underwear.
  • Swim trunks.
  • Yoga pants.
• Column 2:
  • Five pair underwear.
  • One sweater.
  • Four T-shirts.
• Column 3:
  • “Nice” clothes:
    • Two “nice” shirts.
    • “Nice” pants.
    • “Nice” undershirt.
• Work clothes:
  • Work sweater
  • Two work shirts.
  • Work jeans.
  • Work boots and gloves (in car).
• Column 4:
  • One pair jeans (on my legs).

This should allow me to do laundry every four days. Let’s see… the swim trunks may seem a little odd this time of year, but I’m going to be cold-water dousing every night, so they’ll be used. The yoga pants are mainly for yoga but double as “pants I wear when my jeans are in the wash.” Eights pair of socks may seem excessive for four days, but I’m going to be working hard outside in the cold, and I want to be able to change frequently. I may wish eventually that I’d packed more socks, actually.

The “nice” clothes wouldn’t normally be necessary, but I am getting headshots done for my resume tomorrow and am then hitting the road immediately, so there’s no way to offload them.

Well, this will all fit in one duffel, but it’s tight. I want to reduce further, but I think I need to take a look at my washing tech before I do. Perhaps one of these is in order?