If you feel like you've got too much stuff in your life - you know; physical, tangible stuff that bogs you down, clutter, that sort of thing - I highly recommend going on an extended overseas trip, or at least planning to. That will force you to question what is really important. I have been sorting out all the crap I have accumulated over the years (man, there's a lot of it!) and trying to get rid of most of it. It's a really hard job if you're a compulsive hoarder like me, but planning the OE has really put things into perspective. If I hesitate for even a moment over whether I'll use it, it gets chucked. I want to travel light and most importantly, I don't want to have to burden my folks with storing all sorts of unnecessary junk. I'm currently selling stuff on Trademe, but it's early days yet. Time will tell.
One thing I have yet to decide is whether to take a laptop with me. It seems almost essential when I think that I have a digital camera and Ipod to deal with. But how do you keep all that expensive gear safe when you're backpacking? I guess you take it everywhere with you. Thankfully a friend gave me a Sony laptop which is very small and light, but it's a little old and slow (it's only running Win98). On the plus side, it has Firewire and a memory stick reader built in.
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