(expansion of my other comment since it wont let me edit it)

-Have an alcoholic drink. I never drank on flights until I had one that served free alcohol. Now I always have a drink. If it’s not free, I bring my own in those little bottles.

I also use the whole Kiwi.

Some of us just like a little silence every now and then

Yep. I did a lot of hiking in New Hampshire and coming back to school every week and seeing kids with their backpacks sagging as much as their pants just made me cringe. Pull and everything tight and you can carry so much more.

I will never buy a backpack that does not have a waist strap, either for myself or my kids. I have scoliosis and in highschool we would go backpacking in New Hampshire every week with 60+ lb packs to refuel the trail huts. Same thing in college though only when classes were out. Loading a backpack with books seemed…