The 15 Things I Own

# Travel 14 comments

I own a ton of stuff, selling it all right now. When I leave for my trip around the world, I will own 15 things:

Backpack
iphone
Small Camera
ipad
Long Sleeve Shirt
Short Sleeve Shirt
Long Pants
Board Shorts
Underwear
Sandals
Sunglasses
Wallet
Towel
Jacket
Toiletry Kit
Irritating sense of superiority (well, not really, but let’s just cut off that being a motivation right here, after all, I’m going to be unemployed and homeless)

I’m counting chargers as part of an item (iPhone, iPad, Camera) and packing some extra underwear (who talks about that online anyway).

That will be it. 15 things, weighing about 9 pounds.

I can’t get there without you buying my stuff, so see what I have already

I’ve done 30-45 day trips this way, here is a picture from what I packed last year for a 16 city trip:

Andrew is a minimalist, vagabond and writer. He organized and started Ignite Boulder, TEDxBoulder and is the founder of Startup Weekend. RSS feed here. You can follow him on twitter here.

http://spencerfry.com/ Spencer Fry

That's bad ass. :)
http://twitter.com/pugofwar Ef Rodriguez

Do you have any unused TechStars socks? I would love to rock those this fall.
Selina

I did this two years ago – absolutely liberating! Rock on ;)
http://thesocialjoint.com/ Lucretia M Pruitt

Glad you got the Jet Blue ticket – but shouldn't you add Passport to that list? ;)
http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/ Taylor Davidson

15? Awesome. When I did my trip, I took 79 things, although I was a little more anal in counting chargers, etc. But the numbers don't matter, it's the ethos that counts.

(And well, I mentioned underwear :)
Derrell

What? No Towel? Not such a hoopy frood, you….
andrewhyde

fixed! That was an oversight.
andrewhyde

So I'm not going to count a charger, or a patch cable… just the big things.

I think I'm at 23 when you count the dongles and such.
andrewhyde

Passport is in the wallet.
andrewhyde

I'm really looking forward to it!
andrewhyde

Thanks! See you in NYC!
andrewhyde

Yes, on the way to you.
anwith1n

Color me impressed – I thought I traveled light, but you take it to a whole new level. Have fun & be safe during your travels!
http://ajleon.me/ ajleon

Dude, I love this. This is exactly what Melissa (my wife and biz partner) and I do when we travel … and it is awesome. Have fun on your trip!