Hello NYTimes readers! Quickly:

An updated and more interesting version of this (after a year of living with 15 things) can be found here: Extreme Minimalism.

I wrote a book about this whole minimalism and travel project. Read the reviews on Amazon and let me know what you think!

I own a ton of stuff, selling it all right now . When I leave for my trip around the world, I will own 15 things:

Backpack iphone Small Camera ipad Long Sleeve Shirt Short Sleeve Shirt Long Pants Board Shorts Underwear Sandals Sunglasses Wallet Towel Jacket Toiletry Kit Irritating sense of superiority (well, not really, but let’s just cut off that being a motivation right here, after all, I’m going to be unemployed and homeless)

I’m counting chargers as part of an item (iPhone, iPad, Camera) and packing some extra underwear (who talks about that online anyway).

That will be it. 15 things, weighing about 9 pounds.

I can’t get there without you buying my stuff, so see what I have already

I’ve done 30-45 day trips this way, here is a picture from what I packed last year for a 16 city trip: