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Finally admitted I was packing my backpack wrong after a guy in Peru showed me
I was on a bus from Cusco to Aguas Calientes and this older traveler watched me struggle to get my water bottle out from the bottom of my pack. He just laughed and said 'you're carrying all your weight on your shoulders like a tourist.' So I let him repack my bag with the heavy stuff against my back and the light stuff at the bottom. It felt like 10 pounds lighter immediately. Has anyone else had a random stranger completely change how you travel?
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patricia_schmidt144d ago
That guy in Peru basically unlocked a life hack that should be taught in school honestly. It's funny because this same principle shows up everywhere, not just with backpacks. Like how people organize their closets with all the heavy winter coats on the bottom shelf when they should be on the top. Or how we load our cars for road trips, shoving the cooler and luggage in the trunk all random instead of putting the heavy stuff down low and centered over the axle. Once you see this pattern of putting the hardest stuff in the most efficient spot, you realize how many small daily things we just do wrong out of habit.
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oliver_morgan4d ago
Agree completely, it's like a bulletproof rule that applies to everything once you spot it (which is weirdly satisfying once it clicks). Noticed it big time with how people stack plates and bowls in the kitchen cabinets - everyone puts the heaviest dinner plates on the bottom shelf when they should be on the middle shelf at eye level, because you're always grabbing them and it saves your back all that bending and reaching. Same with grocery bags, you see folks cramming milk jugs and 12-packs of soda on top of eggs and bread in the cart when the heavy stuff should ride in the main basket with the fragile stuff nestled on the seat part. It's basically the same principle as packing a moving truck or a hiking backpack, but somehow people forget it the second they're not in the wilderness (which I'm guilty of too, honestly).
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