I travel a lot. I travel light. I don’t like checking bags. I don’t like to do laundry.

I travel a lot. I travel light. I don’t like checking bags. I don’t like to do laundry.

I have spent more time trying to derive the optimal number of pair of socks and underwear to bring than anyone ever should.

Last time, I graphed it. It worked out well. (Graph is specific to a 17 day trip.)

My friend Carrie, founder of the illustrious Burning Man Charcade, does stats. She generalized this solution into something actually useful: