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Teaching to the TOP

232. Packing Organization 101: Our Top Tips, Hacks, and Favorites

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8667 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Summer Time = Traveling (hopefully to a location with a sandy beach and pool). It’s that time of the year where teachers have more free time and many are traveling to see family and just…. relax. We are doing the same because we have lots of trips planned. And just because we are a teaching podcast, doesn’t mean we cannot talk about our TOP tips for enjoying our personal lives.  In this episode we wanted to share some of our TOP favorite tips, hacks, and favorites for packing during the summer months! This episode mentions a lot of various links to products that we love. Please know these are affiliate links and we do receive a small commission at NO extra cost by you. Thank you for always supporting the work we do.  LINKS: PACKING CUBES: https://amzn.to/3wm6r9T HANGING TOILETRY BAG: https://amzn.to/4bX1OlX PORTABLE CHARGER: https://amzn.to/4bVG6hR INTERNATIONAL PLUG ADAPTER: https://amzn.to/3QvfHzg DOMESTIC PLUG ADAPTER: https://amzn.to/4a5UP8O LARGE CORD ORGANIZER: https://amzn.to/3UwdAMX SMALL CORD ORGANIZER: https://amzn.to/3Uvjais 3 IN 1 CHARGER: https://amzn.to/4bo9n4D SUITCASE SET: https://amzn.to/44w0OlW COLLAPSIBLE BOWL: https://amzn.to/3xY3EUH FORMULA CONTAINERS: https://amzn.to/3waLnTS  SANCHECUN TOILETRY BAG CLEAR: https://amzn.to/3UOnN8V TRAVEL POWER STRIP: https://amzn.to/44vVUWd PILL BOX ORGANIZER: https://amzn.to/3WmpZpg MINI AIR PUMP: https://amzn.to/3wwVvpT TOILETRY BAG (ELVIROS): https://amzn.to/3WS7Foh SANHECUN CLEAR TOILETRY BAG: https://amzn.to/44VLlfs BEIS COSMETIC CASE: https://beistravel.com/products/the-in-flight-cosmetic-set-in-maple?nosto_source=cmp&nosto=83237065 SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher or just a person. Head over to our website and submit your TSH so that you can have a chance to be featured on the podcast! SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0

Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Michelle Emerson and Bridget Spackman, and we are here to make

0:07.3

your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.

0:12.8

If you've got any trips or vacations plan for this summer, even if it's just a little weekend getaway,

0:18.9

this episode is for you. Bridget and I are sharing our top

0:23.2

tips, hacks, and favorite items to stay organized when packing. So grab your suitcase and get

0:28.8

ready to follow along. But first, we're going to listen to a T-S-H from Mandy. Mandy says

0:35.0

STSH, summertime-sucking hurdle. I mean, I just can a side note real

0:42.2

quick. I just love that so much. So Mandy, kudos to you. Laying at the beach, reading a book

0:48.5

with the warmth of the sun of my body. What do you like to do in the summer? Do you ladies have any good book recommendations?

0:56.0

Fiction, nonfiction, please. Oh, okay. You know what's interesting. And Bridget, I'm curious what you do.

1:03.1

I'm not a big reader at like the beach. I can read a little bit more at the pool, but I feel like when

1:09.7

it's super sunny out, it's hard for my eyes

1:12.6

to like focus on the pages. Does that make sense? Yeah, it does totally make sense. Okay. Now,

1:17.9

I do have a book recommendation, even though I am reading inside in the air conditioning.

1:22.6

Currently, I'm about halfway through a book called The Happiness Project. Ooh. It's by, oh gosh, Gretchen. I can't remember

1:30.8

her last name. I want to say like Rabin or something. I will Google it, Bridget, while you answer and

1:36.3

come back and respond. But it is so good. It's essentially a lady. She was an author and she's like trying to

1:43.4

spend a year making herself happier. Not that she's unhappy. She was an author and she's like trying to spend a year making herself happier.

1:45.8

Not that she's unhappy.

1:47.1

She's just like, I feel like I'm not as happy as I could be.

1:50.3

And what I love about it is each chapter is a month.

1:53.5

And it's very just anecdotal.

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