Exchange // How to not pack for exchange

This is what I have to deal with right now:

And that’s only the clothes. Not my shoes, massive bag of toiletries, laptop and electronics or other miscellaneous stuff.

Send help pls.

I've survived three Russian seasons, but it all came with a cost.

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I can more than confidently say that my fatal flaw is overpacking.

Our three day trip to Moscow was the best packing I've ever done, as all I took with me was a backpack and a handbag. That was it.

I'm either finally learning or it must've been a fluke.