A Woman Packs For A Week (Monica Ricci)

Monica Ricci, professional organizer, shows how the other sex does it. This is a good comparison to the last post - Tim Ferris packing for a trip to Maui - because it is for a week also, but her trip includes business and pleasure, so I think that is a bit tougher. Here is an example of her minimalist packing aptitude.

Your Life. Organized. : Tips for Packing Light: "I left Atlanta on Sunday and I come home next Sunday so I'm out of town for a full week with only a carry-on bag and my purse. (LOVE this thing!) My seatmate on the plane thought it was amazing that I hadn't checked a bag, so I thought I'd share a few tips for packing light...
This is what was in my rolling carry-on bag. There's the large Eagle Creek Pack-It Folder which holds all my clothes (except the jeans, t-shirt and sandals I was wearing when I took the photo), the three smaller Eagle Creek zipper pouches which hold my underwear, my non-liquid toiletries, and my cords and chargers.

Next to those you can see my little blue cosmetics case and my regulation quart-size Ziploc bag of liquid and gel toiletries, my orange pashmina wrap and baseball hat. Below those, there's my curling iron and two pairs of shoes. Look closely and you'll see my sneakers are stuffed with socks and a sports bra."

Plus, she added in her laptop and cooling mat. Follow the link to more pics and tips on this packing post.

Great job. A week with only a carry-on roller bad and a purse - and she's a woman!

A Man Packs For A Week (Tim Ferris)

From the Blog of Tim Ferris, who is packing for Maui in this post. This is much more my style than was the Nancy Novogard packing post. I will never be the one who inter-wraps my clothes with tissue, then places them in recycled dry cleaner's bags to reduce wrinkling. One of the many ways in which I will disappoint Martha.

» How to Travel the World with 10 Pounds or Less (Plus: How to Negotiate Convertibles and Luxury Treehouses): "I practice what I’ll label the BIT method of travel: Buy It There.

If you pack for every contingency—“better bring the hiking books in case we go hiking, better bring an umbrella in case it rains, better bring dress shoes and slacks in case we go to a nice restaurant,” etc.—carrying a mule-worthy load is inevitable. I’ve learned to instead allocate $50-200 per trip to a “settling fund,” which I use to buy needed items once they’re 100% needed. This includes cumbersome and hassle items like umbrellas and bottles of sunscreen that love to explode. Also, never buy if you can borrow. If you’re going on a bird watching trip in Costa Rica, you don’t need to bring binoculars — someone else will have them."

He follows this bit of wisdom with a video and packing list explaining everything in this photo, why he is packing it, and where to get most of the pieces. This is minimal packing.
I am wondering if he has another pair of shoes? My guess is that this pile is sans a traveling outfit, which he is wearing for the plane ride there. This is for a week long trip. There must be more shoes . . .