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What Do You Carry With You?

The "ideal bag for a mobile life style" raises the question, what tools do you carry with you?

It varies by what tools are necessary for you to do whatever it is you do, of course, but I think it's an interesting question.

I have two bags -- one small purse and the bag that carries my laptop. My purse can go in the laptop bag, or if I don't take my laptop, go alone. I'm going to list what I always carry with me after I do an inventory.

Anybody else?

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I recently downsized what I...

I recently downsized what I carry with me by *a lot.* I rely on public transportation and walking to get me to work so carrying a big bag around with me was getting annoying.

Right now I have a Vera Bradley Betsy bag that serves as both my purse and the bag I carry to work. In it I have:
Wallet: green leather, filled with consumer loyalty cards-- I still need to work on this.
Work keychain: building and lab keys, usb key
Home keychain: apartment, mailbox, parents home, car, pepper spray
Eyeglasses (2 Pair): Actual prescription when not wearing contacts and reading glasses
Sunglasses
Asthma inhaler
Tylenol
Tablet PC: Compaq TC 1000 (Just had it for three days :) )
Pens
Black iPod Nano
Cell phone: Verizon LG VX 6100
Bottle of water

Yes this really is the downsized version! Before that I didn't have the Tablet; instead I had a paper agenda, A4 notebook for keeping my list of next actions, and a Moleskine along with whatever book I was reading.

 
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