I realize when I wrote my blogs in advance, that I should have included a blog for the week I returned from Japan.

Rookie mistake.

I failed to account for the jetlag.

In spite of this, let’s see if I can bring some DIY Adulting wisdom through the fog that is my 14-hour-time-change-up-at-two-in-the-morning-all-week addled brain.

Today is a big day. Best Friend: Partner in Crime is moving into her own condo. Her own, picked and paid for all by herself condo. Talk about peak adulting here.

So in honor of her big move, here are SEVEN tips for moving with some semblance of sanity.

Hi kids (trapped in adult bodies)!

If all goes as planned, when this goes up I should be somewhere in Osaka, hopefully eating my weight in Okonomiyaki. In honor of my upcoming travel plans, I want to talk about aduling your suitcase.

Now, I’m not going to try to tell you what to pack. Because, despite my extensive experience traveling (I even run a group called Girls Who Travel!), I can’t control myself when it comes time to choose what to wear. I give in to every “what if” and before you know it, I’ve packed half my closet for a three day trip. (Ok, because seriously, WHAT IF)

Or maybe you’re like Mr. Juris Doctor who packs in – no literally – five minutes. I don’t understand it.

I don’t care if you’re a messy packer or an organized packer or a last minute packer or a two weeks before packer. No matter your style, I want to talk to you about how you pack. And all I have for you is two words (plus the rest of this blog): packing cubes.