In a way, simplifying your life for vagabonding is easier than it sounds. This is because travel by its very nature demands simplicity. If you don't believe this, just go home and try stuffing everything you own into a backpack. This will never work, because no matter how meagerly you live at home, you can't match the scaled-down minimalism that travel requires.

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (ed. Ballantine Books, 2002) - ISBN: 9780679647423