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What’s in your backpack?

What’s in your backpack?

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divegeester
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“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you’re carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel ’em? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. You start with the little things. The things on shelves and in drawers, the knick-knacks, the collectibles. Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you start adding larger stuff, clothes, table-top appliances, lamps, linens, your TV.

The backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. And you go bigger. Your couch, bed, your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car, get it in there. Your home, whether it’s a studio apartment or a two bedroom house. I want you to stuff it all into that backpack. Now try to walk. It’s kind of hard, isn’t it? This is what we do to ourselves on a daily basis. We weigh ourselves down until we can’t even move. And make no mistake, moving is living.

Now, I’m gonna set that backpack on fire. What do you want to take out of it? What do you want to take out of it? Photos? Photos are for people who can’t remember. Drink some ginkgo and let the photos burn. In fact, let everything burn and imagine waking up tomorrow with nothing. It’s kind of exhilarating, isn’t it!”


Ryan Bingham


RHP, what’s in your backpack?

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@divegeester said
RHP, what’s in your backpack?
Phone charger, USB cables, earphones/headphones.

The Gravedigger
Jack Torrance

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Bank card will get me what I need.

Great Big Stees

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Nothing...really...nothing. Go ahead check it out. WHOA!!! Who put that in there? I swear, it wasn’t me😲

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Shoshin

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I do love my house. It is the only inanimate object I believe I have ever "loved". It's just that it is perfect for me and Mrs. Anitya. Small (read easy to vacuum) on a quiet street - nice garden.

But yes an interesting thought experiment. The only thing I would really miss is the house I think.

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@divegeester said
“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you’re carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel ’em? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. You start with the little things. The things on shelves and in drawers, the knick-knacks, the collectibles. Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you sta ...[text shortened]... thing. It’s kind of exhilarating, isn’t it!”

Ryan Bingham


RHP, what’s in your backpack?
Many faces and backpacks with many different weights dwell within it, including you.

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@divegeester said
RHP, what’s in your backpack?
Depending on the circumstances, a change of clothes, small towel, hairbrush, a few toiletries.

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@divegeester said
“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you’re carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel ’em? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. You start with the little things. The things on shelves and in drawers, the knick-knacks, the collectibles. Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you sta ...[text shortened]... thing. It’s kind of exhilarating, isn’t it!”

Ryan Bingham


RHP, what’s in your backpack?
You can't get all that stuff in a backpack. WTF, did they finally get good drugs where you live. 😁

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@gambrel said
You can't get all that stuff in a backpack.
I think it may be tardic.

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@fmf said
I think it may be tardic.
No name calling bruh

Torunn

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@divegeester
It depends on what kind of life I would want to have. I could do without a lot of things - furniture, most of my clothes and shoes, most of everything in fact. I would keep my bank cards, my passport and means to communicate.

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@torunn said
@divegeester
It depends on what kind of life I would want to have. I could do without a lot of things - furniture, most of my clothes and shoes, most of everything in fact. I would keep my bank cards, my passport and means to communicate.
No need for a backpack then, more like a small purse.🤔👍

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@great-big-stees said
No need for a backpack then, more like a small purse.🤔👍
I think I could be the kind of person who would be comfortable staying in a hotel, if I had the means to do it. Meals served, place cleaned, people coming and going, and in that case I think I would choose New York.

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@gambrel said
You can't get all that stuff in a backpack. WTF, did they finally get good drugs where you live. 😁
No drugs, please. Alcohol is bad enough. 🙂 We can make a separate thread on this.

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@great-big-stees said
No need for a backpack then, more like a small purse.🤔👍
What is a male purse called?

Jackpack or jack pack it is a term often used to describe a man's purse. Fans always claim that a jack pack is not a purse but a carrying case. It has enough space to carry an arsenal inside.

-VR

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