It's almost time.

Okay fellas, the time is drawing nearer. Tomorrow at 14:20 my flight will depart from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport and I'll begin journey to the heart of the Appalachians. I have been playing around with the idea of taking only 100 things with me to the US and keeping that as my limit for the six months I'm there.

Today when I was packing I only found 50 items worth taking with me across the ocean. I didn't use Dave Bruno's method to group my possessions, as I don't find the exact number of items important but the fact that I'm trying to cut the number of things. Fully aware that I will probably buy a lot more stuff (such as a guitar and more clothes) while I'm there, I am nonetheless astonished at the shortness of the list. As you will see, there are a lot of rather unnecessary things included. Here's my list for review if anyone feels interested:

1. Winter coat
2. Lighter jacket
3. Hooded sweater
4. Hooded sweater
5. Casual pants
6. Casual pants
7. Sweatpants
8. T-shirt
9. T-shirt
10. T-shirt
11. T-shirt
12. T-shirt
13. Underwear (5)
14. Socks (5)
15. Flannel shirt (lumberjack style!)
16. Shorts
17. Leather shoes
18. Sneakers
19. Alarm clock
20. Passport
21. Wallet
22. A folder full of travel documents
23. Empty folder
24. Laptop and charger
25. Camera and charger
26. Phone and charger
27. iPod, charger and earphones
28. Woollen scarf
29. Woollen mittens
30. Pair of woollen socks
31. Pair of woollen socks
32. Belt
33. Toothbrush
34. Medication
35. Nail scissors
36. Travel towel
37. Pen case full of pens (why list these separately?)
38. Large backpack
39. Small backpack
40. Collected works of Jane Austen
41. Guitar songbook
42. Guitar songbook
43. Swimming shorts
44. Vasemmistoliitto cap
45. Hairbrush
46. 80's sunglasses
47. Capo for guitar
48. 4cl bottle of Koskenkorva Salmiakki
49. Personal calendar
50. Tonari no totoro figurine (with sound!)