thank you so much to squarespace for sponsoring this video
so as i would approach literally any problem that i have in my life i made a really big list so i
have this general packing list that i use whenever i go on a trip so i just copied and pasted that
and made a much much longer list for a much much longer trip since i'm gonna be there
until december there were a lot of clothes that i wanted to bring the problem is that we are going
to be renting a car in spain and that car is not big enough to hold a lot of luggage so we are only
going to be traveling with four carry-ons and four personal items i don't think it's realistic to
bring all of my clothes and so my parents did say that maybe we should set aside some of my clothes
so that they can mail them to me later basically what i did was i went through my entire closet and
i pulled out anything that i wanted to bring and then i started sorting it into piles so i'm going
to a business school so i have some businessy clothes it's going to be very hot for the
majority of the year so all the tank tops i had which is not many i'm not a huge tank top person
two dresses a bunch of t-shirts because i live my entire life in t-shirts whenever i'm at home which
for the past one or two years has been most of the time i'm just wearing t-shirts and sweatpants um
this is workout clothing various uh short sleeve and long sleeve shirts this is my bathrobe two
sweatshirts this is my favorite that i've had for years pajamas long pants of which i'm probably
bringing too many considering the warm weather in spain i'm not a huge shorts person though so i do
wear a lot of pants this skirt i'm bringing the shorts that i'm wearing along with these shorts so
as i said not a huge shorts person just two i'm bringing this jean dress this was one of my
proudest thrift finds i found it at dig and save and at dig and save you pay by the pound
so i'm guessing this cost like a dollar some sweaters and cardigans again i'm just more of
a cold weather fashion person so i don't really know how i'm gonna survive in a warm climate
different sweatpants comfortable type pants and then if we crawl over here oh these are in the
wrong category these are long pants i have these two scarves i don't wear scarves much but i want
to be the type of person who wears scarves so college is an opportunity to reinvent myself um
baseball cap i also have like a jean bucket hat somewhere i really hope i can find that
my friend recently said that when i put my hair in a ponytail it looks like a little makeup brush
and then over here i have a pile of just socks and bras and underwear and a swimsuit two winter
scarves and then this gigantic sweater i'm not entirely done going through my closet and i still
need to make some decisions about this stuff however i think these are the most important
basics so what i'm gonna do this evening is go through and try to fit everything into luggage
i really like packing cubes i highly recommend getting some packing cubes i always use this
when i'm traveling i'm taking a break now to tell you that this video is sponsored by squarespace
squarespace is the best place to make your website whether it is a blog an online store a personal
resume portfolio a wedding invite website a school organization literally anything as you know i have
a blog on squarespace it's called the bliss bean you might have heard of it my squarespace website
is the home for all things bliss bean related it is where i compile all of my videos all of
my podcasts um my newsletter my worksheets etc all in one really beautiful professional place
it's super simple you don't need to have any coding knowledge any graphic design expertise to
make a website that actually looks good in this digital age it's so important to have an online
presence and social media is great but the only place that you can really compile your best work
and show it in exactly the way that you want to show it is by having a website so if you do head
to squarespace you can get a free trial and then once you're ready to launch your website
you can use my code theblissbean to get 10 off your first purchase of a website or a domain
okay this is actually a little uncomfortable because i'm literally under the tripod
okay the next thing category is tech so this is a very important category because without all this
stuff i cannot do my job so for the longest time i did not have a case for my laptop but i am not
going to put up with that risk anymore i got this case from best buy so obviously i'm bringing my
laptop and the charger for that i'm not going to mention all the chargers just assume that
everything i'm showing to you also has a charger that comes with it i've got my hard drive and my
solid state drive i don't remember what this is called so i just called it a presentation stick
on my list just where you plug the usb into your computer and then you can control your
presentation like this as for cameras i'm bringing my nikon z6 which i'm filming on right now
my sony zv1 and then my assortment of tripods and microphones so i have this little tripod
bendy tripod a big mic that i'm currently filming on and then this mini mic which i got for this
camera i am bringing my blue yeti usb microphone for recording voiceovers and podcasts sd cards
xqd card for the nikon z6 graphics tablet and i think that's it in the personal tech category i'm
bringing my google home because it's very good for playing music it tells you the news in the morning
and it's good for keeping you company when you get lonely i'm bringing my kindle which i need
to charge and also dust off phone apple watch airpods i'm bringing this yellow tote bag which
i think is a happy medium between carrying around like a full backpack or just um what
are they called like a crossbody bag i'm gonna buy most of my school supplies i think in spain
once i actually know what i need for my classes but because i have some supplies at home i did
pack some pens a mechanical pencil zebra mild liners regular highlighters and some
white out oh and then i also uh yeah this is getting a little messy over here i packed
some just some i had self-control some of my favorite washi tapes because i think they're
good for not just decorating things but also for like hanging up wall art because they don't stick
as much to walls i have two film cameras when i went to new york i bought some for me and my
friends and it was cheapest to buy them in a pack of six so i have two left over so i'm gonna try to
use those up i'm packing i think two journals and then these two notebooks which i use pretty much
just for filming and then sleep mask and water bottle which is up there i'm too lazy to go get it
a bunch of documents i'm not gonna go through showing you my passport and my driver's license
and stuff but that is probably the most important category and the one that probably makes me the
most nervous i want to skip ahead real quick to the decorations category so oh my address
is on there that's not safe because i already have a bunch of different decorations in my
room i figured i should try to at least pack some of it up so that i don't have to buy all
new decorations i don't want to take this out now because it was hard to roll it up
but what i have in here is a poster that is a map of madison wisconsin so that'll be a nice
little piece of home because otherwise i'm not really bringing any sentimental items
this is the fake ivy that i had hung up around my desk area so that was very easy to take down
fairy lights and a few days ago my friend stopped by to give me this going away gift so it's a
little polaroid photo that me and my friends took and she just put it in a clear frame and
then this is a folder of some of like the wall art that i took down little things because i figured
it all just fits in a folder and so it's very easy to bring i won't be starting from scratch
when i decorate my dorm room and yes i think that is it for the decor finally we have the hygiene
and toiletries category probably most importantly because i need to be able to see are my contact
lenses i used to have two separate makeup bags because neither of them was big enough to hold
everything but i went and found this bag that my mom was no longer using and so yeah just just have
all the makeup in here and a hair brush i recently bought this for washing my face agh i don't want
to get makeup on it okay it's just one of those headbands that keeps your hair out of your face
while you're washing it i have travel size shampoo and conditioner and a small lotion thing
i poured my face soap into a travel size container but this is just to last me for a while once i'm
actually settled down there then i plan on buying big bottles of shampoo conditioner
body wash skincare etc i have hair ties and scrunchies in here and i think that's pretty
much it i think i'm gonna bring a mirror maybe just this small one and now i think we're done
let's just hope they don't ask me to weigh it at the airport i don't actually know how much
it weighs it just feels quite heavy but when i'm walking around the airport i'm gonna have
to pretend like it's very easy to carry and that i'm not struggling and about to collapse because
usually i find that if you act like it's very light then no one asks you how much it actually
weighs i'm very tired but also very excited i need to sleep on the bus and on the plane thank you so
much for watching this video i hope you enjoyed the other videos that will be about spain and
college and all of that stuff so please give this video a like and subscribe to my channel and turn
on notifications and i'll see you next week i guess and i'll be in a whole nother continent
bye