The Items We Carry
June 8 2008Some time ago, I came across the Flickr group “What’s in Your Bag?” and so posted a picture of what was in my bag. It’s a bit of a shallow, materialistic meme, but hey.
That was 2 years ago, and I just stumbled across a similar (and seemingly currently popular) group on Flickr: The Items We Carry. Without further ado, I present my updated ‘stuff’:
If you visit the photo on Flickr, you can rollover the items for an explanation, but I’ll replicate them here:
- WHSmith Notepad + Fisher Space Pen: These go with me pretty much everywhere. The notepad is tiny, and acts as my GTD inbox. The Space Pen isn’t the best pen in the world to write with - it’s kind of scratchy - but it’s really small!
- iPod Touch: I loves my iPod, I does.
- Sony Ericsson K800i: This is a nice phone, and I really like the Sony Ericssons. However, my contract’s nearly up, so I’m hoping to switch to an iPhone soon. Then I’ll only need to carry one thing instead of two!
- Keys: Lots ‘o keys. The carabiner is from when I watched the Calgary Hitmen play ice hockey when I was in Canada in my gap year.
- Moleskine (plain notebook) + Pentel Hybrid Gel Grip pen: These are a very recent addition, but they’re both brilliant. The Moleskine’s really nice, and replaces an A5 WHSmiths pad I used to use but that all the pages kept falling out of. Being stitched, I’m thinking the pages will stay in the Moleskine :-). The Pentel Hybrid Gel Grip pen was a recommendation from Rands in Repose, and is excellent to write with.
- Money + Cards: I rarely have my wallet with me (I don’t like the bulk in my pockets, so only have it if I have a bag with me), so I just carry these loose.
- Inhaler: I haven’t carried an inhaler with me for ages, but my hayfever’s just started playing up a tiny bit, so I’ve started taking this with me.
I still use my tiny Gul rucksack that I showed in the original photo but it’s starting to show its age, and the zips are breaking a bit. If anybody knows of a nice, slim, A5 - A4 sized messenger bag/man-bag I can replace it with and fit this stuff in, please let me know! Also let me know if you do one of these photos yourself!