With only a week to go until I fly out of my comfort zone of Melbourne and my day to day life, I am having mixed feelings. On one hand I am extremely excited to be embarking on such a big physical and mental challenge and on the other hand I am feeling anxious about how I am going to go traveling by myself for the first time ever. Tonight I did a trial pack of my backpack and quickly came to the realisation that even though I thought I was packing light, I still need to cull back my initial list of things. I honestly thought this would be the easy part for me, I am not a real girly girl and don't care that makeup, hair straightener and high heels aren't on my list. Whilst I was pulling things out of my cupboard I found myself thinking "one more t-shirt will be fine, it folds up tiny" but as I have put everything into my bag, that one more of everything has become a huge pile of extra stuff I won't be able to take. 30/08 So after many times packing and repacking.... I think I have finally got everything I need and nothing more.... 4 more sleeps to go ;)