{"id":2044,"date":"2023-07-11T19:40:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soaringwords.dops.digital\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2023-07-11T19:40:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:40:44","slug":"overpackers-anonymous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/overpackers-anonymous\/","title":{"rendered":"Overpackers Anonymous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few weeks before my summer conferences and vacation travel kick-off, I start drawing up my packing list. Once the Powerpoint presentations are finalized at least two weeks before departure, I\u2019m organizing clothing, toiletries, and phone-readings because I don\u2019t like to throw things together at the last minute. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This season, I had an eight-day stretch between my Albuquerque and Vancouver conferences, which gave me ample time to roll a bunch of colorful dresses so they could be smushed into my carry-on. I was thrilled and proud. However, this euphoria was temporary when my husband told me that AirCanada only allows 15.5 by 21.5 inch suitcases, 50 percent smaller than carry-on luggage dimensions on other airlines in the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A full-page opinion piece in the July 8 New York Times titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/08\/opinion\/carry-on-packing-airlines-lost-luggage.html\">\u201cGot a Flight? Don\u2019t Even Think About Checking a Bag\u201d<\/a> discussed how more travelers are downsizing to avoid having to check luggage. The op-ed shared how, in 2013, 19 percent of people traveled exclusively with a carry-on as opposed to 41 percent in 2022. The good news is that my 28-inch suitcase accommodates about 25 pounds of toiletries, two extra pairs of shoes, autographed copies of my book, and three books to read on the flights that were crammed into my oversized backpack. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I just need the flights to take off and land as scheduled and I&#8217;m in business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m sending you strength and love. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soaringwords is the power to heal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks before my summer conferences and vacation travel kick-off, I start drawing up my packing list. Once the Powerpoint presentations are finalized at least two weeks before departure, I\u2019m organizing clothing, toiletries, and phone-readings because I don\u2019t like to throw things together at the last minute. This season, I had an eight-day stretch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[313,311,316,310,315,318,314,317,312,132,319],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-airport-luggage","tag-carry-on","tag-delayed-flights","tag-flights","tag-flying","tag-got-a-flight-dont-even-think-about-checking-a-bag","tag-luggage","tag-new-york-times","tag-suitcase","tag-travel","tag-traveling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2046,"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions\/2046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soaringwords.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}