Comments on: Do You Carry Excess Baggage? http://kirkweisler.com/t4d/2009/06/22/do-you-carry-excess-baggage/ Chief Morale Officer Kirk Weisler's Thought 4 the Day Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: AM http://kirkweisler.com/t4d/2009/06/22/do-you-carry-excess-baggage/#comment-12312 AM Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:44:11 +0000 http://kirkweisler.com/t4d/2009/06/22/do-you-carry-excess-baggage/#comment-12312 I used to have a job where I traveled to one or two cities every work week. I was single, no kids, not even a pet or plant or boyfriend. The perfect point in my life to be on the constant go like that. One thing I learned was how to pack efficiently. If I couldn't carry it on the plane without checking it in, I didn't take it with me. Even if it meant I had to wash some clothes by hand in the hotel room or mix and match outfits to stretch out a wardrobe. It might sound silly, but it was a PERFECT life lesson to me: Take what's most important and leave the rest. That lesson carried on to other areas of my life. I think we all have baggage in some shape or form, but I try to at least keep mine down to a carry-on size. Life's too short to expend energy on lugging all that junk around. I'd much rather spend that energy focusing on the fun stuff. I used to have a job where I traveled to one or two cities every work week. I was single, no kids, not even a pet or plant or boyfriend. The perfect point in my life to be on the constant go like that. One thing I learned was how to pack efficiently. If I couldn’t carry it on the plane without checking it in, I didn’t take it with me. Even if it meant I had to wash some clothes by hand in the hotel room or mix and match outfits to stretch out a wardrobe. It might sound silly, but it was a PERFECT life lesson to me: Take what’s most important and leave the rest. That lesson carried on to other areas of my life.

I think we all have baggage in some shape or form, but I try to at least keep mine down to a carry-on size. Life’s too short to expend energy on lugging all that junk around. I’d much rather spend that energy focusing on the fun stuff.

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