Minimizing Your Belongings

Andrew Hyde has been getting quite a bit of coverage as he downsized his belongings to simply15 items that all fit into a back pack. This allows him to freely travel and on an extreme level, live a life of simplicity.

This really got me and hubby thinking, if we downsized to simply 15 items a piece, being 30 items between the 2 of us, what would it be? This is a great exercise to really think about what items in your home may be useful. While our lists turned out to be quite different from Andrew Hyde as he is more Urban and we are more wilderness and naturalist types it was a fun exercise.

Here is what we came up with.

My List

1. Tooth brush
2. Flint and Steel
3. Fishing line and hooks (counted as 1 item)
4. Pocket Knife
5. Compass
6. Hiking Boots
7. T-Shirt
8. T-Shirt
9. Jeans
10. Jeans
11. Jacket
12. Gloves
13. Cast Iron Skillet
14. Sleeping Bag
15. Cloth Femine Pads ( if I have not gone through Menopause yet)

Hubby's List

1. Hatchet
2. Tooth Brush
3. Nylon Rope
4. Hiking Boots
5. Jeans
6. Jeans
7. T-Shirt
8. T-Shirt
9. Jacket
10. Gloves
11. First Aid Kit
12. Pick Axe
13. Sleeping Bag
14. Canteen
15. Canteen ( 1 for each of us)

What about you, what 15 items would you have if that is all you could have? We did not include socks and undwear in this list however would have them! We also did not include the Backpacks it fits into as an item.