- small notebook (3.5 x 5.5 in); I'm currently on #21, and go through about 3-4 a year. This gets used less often if I have my laptop with me, and is absolutely essential if I don't. It is a cross between a Commonplace Book, an eclectic collection of temporarily essential sticky notes, and an initial drafting place for poetry, to-do's, and misc. thoughts. (I joke that this is the paper equivalent of a USB stick for my brain.) Also, pen(s) with which to write in it.
- sunglasses clip-ons + case to put 'em in
- wallet
- keyring with swiss army knife, house key, bike key, etc.
- small flip-phone
- tiny makeup bag that also has ibuprofen, chapstick inside ETA: and sometimes usb stick
I carry a backup portable brain almost everywhere
- small notebook (3.5 x 5.5 in); I'm currently on #21, and go through about 3-4 a year. This gets used less often if I have my laptop with me, and is absolutely essential if I don't. It is a cross between a Commonplace Book, an eclectic collection of temporarily essential sticky notes, and an initial drafting place for poetry, to-do's, and misc. thoughts. (I joke that this is the paper equivalent of a USB stick for my brain.) Also, pen(s) with which to write in it.
- sunglasses clip-ons + case to put 'em in
- wallet
- keyring with swiss army knife, house key, bike key, etc.
- small flip-phone
- tiny makeup bag that also has ibuprofen, chapstick inside ETA: and sometimes usb stick