99 Things
Update 2 Feb 2016: Beyond 99 Things
In 2009 I bought a car in New York City and drove it to California to start a new job. I sold everything that didn't fit inside.
Since then, I haven't owned many things, deliberately. It's nice to fit everything into a car or similarly sized space. I thought it'd be fun to write them all down. Since deciding what counts as a "thing" that you "own" is a bit arbitrary, I used Nick Winter's rules as a guide, and also wound up with 99 Things.
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Vehicles
- 1. Car
Containers
- 2. 45L backpack
- 3. Laptop bag
- 4. Overnight bag
- 5. Camelbak
- 6. Laundry hamper
Outdoors
- 7. Two-person tent
- 8. Sleeping bag
- 9. Sleeping pad
- 10. Watch
- 11. Bowl
- 12. Spoon
- 13. Headlamp
- 14. Sunglasses
- 15. Buff
- 16. Gloves
- 17. Hiking pants
- 18. Fleece
- 19. Rain Jacket
- 20. Running hat
Identity and Money
- 21. Wallet
- 22. Passport
- 23. Birth Certificate
- 24. Checkbook
- 25. Keychain
- 26. Secret Shoebox
Non-wilderness clothing
- 27. Solid button down
- 28. Plaid button down
- 29. Blue polo
- 30. Maroon polo
- 31. Racing shirt
- 32. Running tech shirt
- 33. Running tech shirt
- 34. Running tech shirt
- 35. Running tech shirt
- 36. Running tech shirt
- 37. Cotton tshirt
- 38. Cotton tshirt
- 39. Running shorts
- 40. Running shorts
- 41. Running shorts
- 42. Running shorts
- 43. Boxers
- 44. Boxers
- 45. Boxers
- 46. Boxers
- 47. Boxer-briefs
- 48. Briefs
- 49. Briefs
- 50. Briefs
- 51. Long-sleeve tech shirt
- 52. Long-sleeve tech shirt
- 53. Long-sleeve tech shirt
- 54. Long-sleeve tech shirt
- 55. Banana Pants
- 56. Running Shoes
- 57. Walking shoes
- 58. Dress Shoes
- 59. Socks
- 60. Socks
- 61. Socks
- 62. Socks
- 63. Socks
- 64. Wool socks
- 65. Dress socks
- 66. Sandals
- 67. Jeans
- 68. Belt
- 69. Suit
- 70. Tie
[Electronic] Brain
- 71. Laptop
- 72. Laptop charger
- 73. iPhone
- 74. iPhone charger
- 75. Earbuds
- 76. Journal
- 77. Pen
- 78. Pen
Books
- 79. Hackers and Painters
- 80. The Fountainhead
- 81. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- 82. The Most Human Human
- 83. Atlas Shrugged
- 84. The Complete Joy of Homebrewing
- 85. Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Handbook
- 86. The Design of Everyday Things
- 87. The Pragmatic Programmer
- 88. Steve Jobs
- 89. Founders at Work
- 90. The Moosewood Cookbook
- 91. The Way Things Work
- 92. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 93. The Backpacker's Field Manual
- 94. The Long Trail Guide
- 95. Siddhartha
- 96. Desert Solitaire
- 97. The Design of Future Things
- 98. In Defense of Food
- 99. The Days are Just Packed