Daily Carry

Published Monday, October 14, 2024. Updated Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

I became a bit obsessed with optimizing what I carry with me. Here’s what I carry with me a lot of the time

Purse

I have one of those Lululemon Everywhere belt bags that everyone seems to have. It has two zippered compartments: one on top and one on the back. The main compartment has three interior mesh organizing pockets: two small ones on the front side of the bag and one large one on the back side.

Photo of the outside of my purse. The purse is black and roughly 19 cm by 13 cm. There is a zipper on the top half of the purse body. The purse strap is 3 cm thick and has a press-release buckle.

My purse is made to be able to be carried standalone. When doing so I’ll often toss in my earbuds and usb-c earbud adapter, as well clip my water bottle onto the strap with a carabiner.

In the main compartment I have:

In one of the smaller mesh organizers in the main compartment I have

Between the two small mesh organizers I’ve clipped

And in the other small mesh organizer pocket I have

In the large mesh organizer I have a

And, in the back zippered compartment I keep

Photo of inside the main compartment of my purse with my daily carry filling the mesh organizers.

Photo of the items in my purse layed out in a neat fashion.

Wallet

I have a small wallet with 3 zipper compartments, and one open pocket. There are 2 zipper compartments on one side of the wallet. The top of the wallet has a larger zip compartment capable of holding cards, and the side opposite of the 2 zipper slots has an open pocket.

It looks a bit like this one I found on AliExpress, but this one looks to be missing the open pocket.

(Photo of outside of wallet)

Photo of the outside of my wallet.

In the smallest zipper pocket:

The sewing pins are super useful if ever i have to clean out a pair of earbuds, swap a sim card or clean out a charging port. They’re so little weight and so much use

The 2nd front zipper pocket has:

The main zipper pocket has cards I use less often, since cards are hard to add and remove from it:

The open pocket has:

Photo of the items in my wallet wallet neatly layed out.

Pouch

This pouch came free with my old backpack, and it seems to be discontinued. It’s some sort of Herschel supply pouch in a limited edition Hoffman fabric.

Photo of the outside of the zippered pouch. The tip of an antenna is sticking out from where the zipper pull meets the end of the zipper track

I keep smaller stuff in here that isn’t essential to my day-to-day life. I will leave this bag behind on days where I know I won’t need it.

In a 3D printed framework expansion card holder

In a small cotton bag I have

Photo of pouch contents layed out neatly.

Backpack

I chose a Doughnut Macaroon large backpack in their Lake color. I chose the darker color as I figured it would show dirt less, and I was correct in my assumption. It has way more organization options in comparison to my previous backpack, however I wish it had loops of webbing on the backpack straps to clip radios to.

Photo of the outside of my backpack.

After around year of owning it the recycled leather parts are disintegrating. The loop that keeps the tote handles closed broke at the stitches, and one of the front pouch straps also broke at the stitches. I would not recommend getting ones with recycled leather.

Photo of the tote loop broken at the stitches.
Photo of one of the two front pouch straps broken at the stitches.

The 2nd strap broke, so I got a coworker to make some new leather pieces to sew in. I’ll add photos here when he’s done

Main compartment:

Laptop sleeve:

Zipper pocket above the laptop sleeve:

Zipper mesh pocket:

Open phone size pocket:

Large velcro pocket:

In the buttoned front pouch:

Photo of the contents of my backpack layed out neatly. Photo of the inside of my backpack with the items placed in their appropriate compartments.

I’d love to see sorts of things my friends and other fellow nerds bring with them. Show me what you pack with you!