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Overpacking is not a volume problem. It’s a chemistry problem. You can bring twenty-two items and still stand in a hotel room at 7pm holding two things that refuse to speak to each other — because you packed a pile of clothes instead of a cast. Repertory theater companies figured this out a century ago. A small ensemble, maybe eight actors, runs an entire season because everyone plays multiple roles. The lead on Tuesday is the villain on Thursday. Nobody gets hired to stand in the back of one scene. Your suitcase should be run the same way. This time, we’re casting — and the audition is brutal.

Christmas. You're buried in wool, mentally committed to three more months of coats, and somehow every store has decided this is the moment to unveil swimsuits. Linen trousers. Raffia bags. Summer merchandise displayed with the unbothered confidence of July.