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MacGyver a Pillow

Make do with what you have on hand for a little extra comfort.

Because of the ridiculous hour that I get up in the morning to catch the train, I try to sleep on the train. It's nice to have a pillow to use but that would mean carrying something else. Or does it?

Somewhere along the line I figured out that I could MacGyver a pillow, a.k.a. make do with what I had on hand.

In the winter, wool scarves bunched up work really well as a pillow/cushion to put between my head and the window. That window can be hard and who knows where that window has been too. Yuck! In the spring, jackets and sweaters can also work. In the summer if I'm not carrying a layering sweater, I will break my "don't carry anything extra" rule and shove my scarf into my bag because it’s light enough, with a big benefit.

PS - this all works much better with a window seat. That's possible when you're an early stop on the train. After a week or so, you’ll figure out the perfect seat for the best sleep too.

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