行李箱心理学

The Psychology of the Suitcase

出去旅行总是好的，但一想到要收拾行李，顿时整个人都不好了——衣服要卷起来还是平放？东西要不要用塑料袋包起来？裙子要带几条。而搭配的鞋子又要带几双？等等等等。曾有研究指出，我们能用上的不过是行李箱里一半的东西，只是我们不知道究竟是哪一半。“可能是行李箱把整个旅行都搅乱了”一j这便是我如此讨厌它的原因。

Ihate packing. More, even, than the first whiff of aviation fuel, getting out the suitcases makes my stomach flip over.＇ I regard those unruffled business travellers, with their capsule wardrobes folded into tiny, carry-on wheelie bags, as an alien species.2 Admittedly I am a nervous flyer, so while I＇m packing there is always a corner of my brain wondering what my belongings will look like hanging from a tree on the television news. But that＇s far from the only reason packing is stressful.