How hard did your friends roast you for the sock and sandals look? I'm totally team carry-on only but learned the hard way that "two weeks worth of clothes" in one bag is a lie. Last summer I wore the same jeans for like five days straight and had to buy a truly ugly souvenir shirt from a gift shop just to have something clean. The money I saved on baggage fees just went to panic-buying basics. Still worth it to skip the baggage carousel chaos though.

Watched my buddy tear his hair out trying to find a carburetor diaphragm for his 70s moped. He called every scrapyard in three states and came up with nothing for weeks. The thing finally showed up in a ziploc bag full of random bits he bought off some guy on a forum for twenty bucks. That little piece of rubber might as well have been solid gold.

Worrying about a paper emergency seems intense. Save the deep thoughts for actual dust.