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How does one pack for a year abroad?

Yeah…good question. So if you haven’t noticed, I move around a lot. I lived in 3 states in the past year. That’s right, 3. California, Pennsylvania and DC. So imagine having to move around that much in a year. Its fun, but exhausting when you like to order a lot of stuff online like me. So how am I packing to live abroad you say? Well I am moving to Taiwan and as a tropic Asian country, there are a few things I have to bring. Deodorant Asians that grew up living in the east typically don’t use deodorant for they don’t perspire as much as other ethnicities do. And its simply just isn’t a thing to use in Asia. You can buy them in big chain stores, but they probably don’t carry the brands you want. I normally use multiple brands at a time and rotate them just to give myself some variety. And to go through one stick, it will take me about 3-4 months, maybe longer just because I don’t use so …