The Pitfalls of Planning
It turns out that planning to pack your life into two suitcases and planning to move halfway around the world requires more work than I initially anticipated. I have a cluster of neon-orange post-it notes on my wall, each with a task I have to complete before I leave Vancouver on January 12 th . Every time I finish one, I pull it off the wall and breathe a tiny sigh of relief. Throwing out the post-it note is bliss. Some are small things – ordering sheets for my dorm room. Others require a little more work – passport renewals, getting prescriptions for six months of a medication, and explaining to assorted friends and family why I’m moving away, where I’m going, and why on earth I think it’s a good idea. I feel like I’m constantly thinking about the small things and forgetting the bigger picture. Will there be a chance to buy shampoo when I arrive? Will I manage with the travel size bottles or should I figure out a way to wrangle a bigger size into my suitcase? I thin