Linda Xie on Warpcast

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My non-crypto interests: - astrobiology - travel (nomadic for past 2.5 years) - minimalism (live out of 1 backpack) - documentary making (working on an Ethereum doc) - video games / board games - food - reading (mostly nonfiction and sci-fi) - history of science/tech (esp Manhattan project) - hiking/walks

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Ooh I’ve also been nomadic for the last 4 years. I have a suitcase and backpack though. What’s your packing list for just a backpack? Same interest in book genres too. Any recommendations?

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My backpack: 8 t-shirts, 2 long sleeve, 2 pants, PJs, 1 jacket, 2 weeks socks + underwear, swimsuit, laptop, bag for hygiene/medicine (all moved to travel cases/tubes), earplugs, eyemask, Kindle For books, I loved American Prometheus, Fermat's Enigma, A Mind at Play, How the Internet Happened, Masters of Doom, Crypto

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Wow, impressive. What is 1 surprising/counterintuitive thing you've learned from living out of 1 backpack?

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How easily my mind adjusted to having only a small set of things. I got briefly reunited with a suitcase full of my old items when my parents drove over to visit me and I weirdly got so overwhelmed by the amount of additional items and choices, I didn't use it

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Thanks for sharing, Linda, those are great lists :) Totally agreed on being overwhelmed by additional items and choices too - I felt the same way when I was at my parents place. Minimalism is absolutely liberating

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Thanks for sharing! I lived abroad in SE Asia and did my shopping in small bodega style stores. I remember coming home to a standard US sized grocer and being overwhelmed at the number of toothpaste options. Love to hear it's easy to downscale mentally (for you at least, lol).

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