Another tip is just to have a "go bag" prepacked with the essentials. Don't pack a toothbrush and razor - just buy duplicates and leave them in the go bag. I use a backpack.
I think many (most?) people don't have or don't want to wear those clothes which they "never" wear. They want to wear the clothes which they like most which is why they carry them everywhere.
My brothers and me basically used to do something like your suggested strategy at my parents' house when I was younger (and I reckon many others do this). This was not out of some grand design but just because we had all left some clothes and other stuff behind when we moved out of my parents house.
In addition, the ownership status of many of these clothes was contested (at least in the mind of at least one of us).
This is what happened: gradually, my thieving brothers and I started "appropriating" items we liked. After a while there was only stuff left that nobody wanted to wear. That eventually got donated. Now we bring our own clothes every time.
One solution to this would be to buy many copies of ones favorite item and place them in the various destinations. But for some super-efficient reason, the Great Allocation Mechanism has come up with this thign called "fashion" which induces us to only buy few of each item at a time. And even when you do want to buy more copies of a specific item, fashion has moved on and it is no longer available.
You still have to find a way to deal with your thieving family, though!
I do it some, but it's hard to remember what I leave. Before I store the items, I spread them out on a bed and take a photo and that helps. But the scheme also requires a nod to seasonality. Are the clothes stored, say, in Seattle, winter or summer clothes?
This scheme works best if you have the option of doing laundry (or having it done for you) at the places that you visit regularly. Otherwise I find myself hauling dirty clothes back home and then taking clean clothes back to my friend's home on the next trip.
Don't visit the same places often enough. However I did use this strategy in the past when it made sense. But mostly I just buy the clothes I need at the place because I don't have so many to spare. At our family summer place I have a guitar I bought and shorts I bought to keep there. But I haven't visited in 3 years, God knows if they fit
Another tip is just to have a "go bag" prepacked with the essentials. Don't pack a toothbrush and razor - just buy duplicates and leave them in the go bag. I use a backpack.
I think many (most?) people don't have or don't want to wear those clothes which they "never" wear. They want to wear the clothes which they like most which is why they carry them everywhere.
My brothers and me basically used to do something like your suggested strategy at my parents' house when I was younger (and I reckon many others do this). This was not out of some grand design but just because we had all left some clothes and other stuff behind when we moved out of my parents house.
In addition, the ownership status of many of these clothes was contested (at least in the mind of at least one of us).
This is what happened: gradually, my thieving brothers and I started "appropriating" items we liked. After a while there was only stuff left that nobody wanted to wear. That eventually got donated. Now we bring our own clothes every time.
One solution to this would be to buy many copies of ones favorite item and place them in the various destinations. But for some super-efficient reason, the Great Allocation Mechanism has come up with this thign called "fashion" which induces us to only buy few of each item at a time. And even when you do want to buy more copies of a specific item, fashion has moved on and it is no longer available.
You still have to find a way to deal with your thieving family, though!
I do it some, but it's hard to remember what I leave. Before I store the items, I spread them out on a bed and take a photo and that helps. But the scheme also requires a nod to seasonality. Are the clothes stored, say, in Seattle, winter or summer clothes?
This scheme works best if you have the option of doing laundry (or having it done for you) at the places that you visit regularly. Otherwise I find myself hauling dirty clothes back home and then taking clean clothes back to my friend's home on the next trip.
Don't visit the same places often enough. However I did use this strategy in the past when it made sense. But mostly I just buy the clothes I need at the place because I don't have so many to spare. At our family summer place I have a guitar I bought and shorts I bought to keep there. But I haven't visited in 3 years, God knows if they fit