Dear Humans,

I love my backpack. I think it’s all the compartments and pouches. It makes me feel prepared for anything. Oh, you have an owie and need a band-aid? Boom, here’s a first aid kit. You need a pen to sign something? I have one in this nice little pen sleeve. Too dark to see? Mini-flashlight deployed.

Backpacks are sort of like our minds. They come to us with a variety of pouches and pockets, but it’s up to us to pack them in a way that makes them useful. And while not all backpacks are the same–some are high-end with lots of doodads and whatsits, some are a bit more basic–what really matters is what we put in them, how well we organize it, and how quickly we can retrieve what we need.

And they all end up with crumbs in the bottom of them eventually.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt