In the 19th century in New Zealand, shipwrecked sailors off the Southern Islands were such an issue that the government decided to drop off giant boxes of supplies (blankets, matches, fuel, foodstuffs) on select islands. Every five years or so a boat would go around and re-stock them (and presumably pick up any survivors). To ensure that these goods would only be used by those in need, the supplies were cursed against thieves. 'Whoever takes without need blah blah blah die horribly blah blah'

Like any solo traveler, I'm eventually going to have to leave my stuff alone. Which raises the risk of thievery. As my Tibetan prayer flags are doing duty in my mom's office, I've been looking into curses as an additional preventative measure.

Unfortunately, the internet has not been very helpful. As in - not helpful at all. I was very surprised by this. Maybe spell-casters know something extra about protecting intellectual property rights?

Plan B is to draw the 'all-seeing' eyes of Nepal, along with one of my favorite general purpose questions, laminate it and stick it onto my luggage:

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WHAT WOULD GHANDI DO?'

ps. i'm also bringing a lock.