India, Aug. 31 -- Packing for a holiday used to be one of my least favourite parts of travelling. Not because I did not know what to take, but because I knew exactly what would happen once I reached my destination. Day one would begin with me opening the suitcase, pulling out one outfit and somehow disturbing everything else in the process. A few hours later, my carefully folded clothes would become one large jumble. Finding the top I wanted meant moving three other outfits out of the way. By the end of the trip, I was simply annoyed. For a long time, I thought this was just what packing was supposed to be.

Then I started unpacking everything. I would arrive at a hotel, empty the entire suitcase into the cupboard and arrange my clothes t...