I know you are tired when you get home. You want to throw the suitcase in a corner, put your feet up and relax. Don’t. Your pre-planning must include time for unpacking and data entry. It is a part of travel. Immediately unpack. I unpacked my truck after a three month trip within an hour of coming home. If you don’t do it now, you won’t do it. Put your traveling laundry in a separate location from your regular laundry. You’ve already made the decisions about what to take, so don’t mix everything up and make it harder on yourself the next time. Take what needs to go to the dry cleaners the next day. It is another part of your travel schedule.
Refer to your list as you unpack and make notations on what you needed and cross out things you didn’t use. This helps keep the list a working document. Clean and put the “ready to go” items back in the suitcase.
Traveling will never be completely stress-free, but if you follow these guidelines, you will find yourself cluttering less and being more at ease.