'Sudoku Packing' Is A Genius Solution For Overpackers Like Me

This method might change how you pack forever.

Senior Reporter, Work/Life

As a last-minute packer who always stuffs my carry-on bag the night before a trip, I am curious about any way I can lessen my organising woes. According to a new viral travel hack, “sudoku packing” might be my answer for easy repeatable outfit combinations I can create with just nine anchor pieces.

Like the grid puzzle it is named after, this organising system uses three-by-three grids of a top, bottom and layering piece to create a total of 27 outfits from nine pieces of clothing. If you lay it out in your bed, the combinations should look like:

Top row has top, bottom, layer

Middle row has bottom, layer, top

Bottom row has layer, top, bottom

The “sudoku packing” term has been around since 2016, but “packing sudoku” recently went viral after multiple travellers shared their own effortless combinations for trips.

Massachusetts-based travel content creator Natalie Shaquer has popularised the packing sudoku framework.

“It takes away all of that decision fatigue,” she said. Shaquer’s video on her “sudoku packing” has been seen more than 4 million times since she first shared her outfit combinations on Instagram in February.

Recently, Shaquer put sudoku packing to the test........

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