As I read more about minimalism and consumed more content online, I discovered the idea of “one bag travel” and fell in love with the idea of traveling with one bag. I was always an over-packer, and the meme online about “packing so much underwear like you planned on shitting yourself every day” made me laugh both out of the humor but also because that had been my packing strategy. I had at least moved on from traveling with a checked bag all the time to traveling with a carry-on and a backpack as my personal item, but those would often be pretty full too. So, the idea of one bag travel began to not only be appealing in the sense of being more intentional, but also as a challenge to myself.