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Daily Carry

I’m autistic, and I heard somewhere that autistic people like to be prepared for any situation. I definitely see that in myself and tend to overengineer what I daily carry.

I figured I’d share what I carry in case others like to plan this sort of thing, or in case people are interested.

The photos are a snapshot in time of what I carried. My daily carry evolves as my needs change. It’s much easier to update the list than to take new photos each time.

Purse

My purse is a Lululemon Everywhere Belt Bag. It works just fine as a purse, has 3 mesh organizer slots in the main compartment and a second zipper compartment on the back side

I can carry this standalone, but often put it in my backpack when going to class or on days out

Main compartment

  • One of those promotional screwdrivers you used to see at trade shows: Has phillips and flathead bits and works well enough as a pry tool
  • Zebra Sarasa Clip pen (something cheap enough that I wont care if it gets lost)
  • RovyVon Aurora A1 Flashlight
  • Glasses Cleaner Spray
  • Microfibre Cloth
  • Wallet
    • Main pouch
      • Photo ID card
      • Provincial health insurance card
      • Debit card
      • Credit card
      • 2nd Credit card
      • Radio license
      • Backup presto card (Transit card for southern Ontario)
      • NEXUS card
    • Side pouch
      • Whatever gift cards I might have
      • Bandages
      • Small amount of cash
    • Zipper pouch
      • Coins and stuffs

Left pouch

  • Fiskars folding scissors: Comes quite in handy and is TSA approved
  • Apple 1M USB C to C cable

Right pouch

  • Portable Tissues
  • Alcohol wipes
  • Nail file
  • Nail clippers
  • Salt and pepper seasoning packets

Large pouch

  • A small zip lock bag with
    • YubiKey
    • 128GB SanDisk flash drive: Has Ventoy and a whole bunch of distros
    • USB C plug to A recepticle adapter
    • USB C plug to Micro B recepticle adapter
    • USB C plug to Mini B recepticle adapter
    • USB C plug to Full-Size B recepticle adapter

Back zipper pocket

  • Apple 1M USB C to Lightning cable
  • Key Fobs
  • Keys
Photo of the contents of my purse.

Tech Pouch

This tech pouch came free with my old backpack.

  • Spare N95 Masks
  • Plugable USBC-E1000 Ethernet Adapter
  • 3ft Ethernet Cable
  • HDMI Cable
  • USB C to A dongle
  • Framework screwdriver
  • Expo dry erase marker
  • Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel Nr. 1 in Lobster (just a fancy ballpoint pen)
  • Lamy Safari Refill
  • Airspy R2
  • USB-A to Micro-B cable
  • Random SMA antenna
  • Small zip lock bag for
    • Micro SD to full size SD adapter
    • BNC-M to SMA-M adapter
    • BNC-M to SMA-F adapter
    • SMA-M to SMA-M adapter
    • SMA-F to SMA-F adapter
    • Microcenter flash driver with Fedora on it
  • Framework Module Organizer
    • Framework HDMI module
    • Framework SD Card module
    • Framework USB A module
Photo of the contents of the tech pouch.

Backpack

All of the above items usually live in my backpack. My backpack is a Donut Macaroon Backpack in “Lake”. It has a large main compartment with a laptop sleeve, and some zipper pockets for small items

Attached to my backpack strap is a carabiner a friend gave me which I often clip my water bottle to

Front Pouch

  • NIVEA Black & White Invisible roll on anti-perspirant: I carry this specific deoderant because it’s stored in a glass bottle and doesn’t get crushed like paste deoderants, and doesnt squeeze out everywhere like gel deoderants.
  • Folding hair brush with mirror
  • Lip balm
  • Flipper Zero
  • Train Keys
  • Altoids tin with medications
    • Ibuprofin
    • Acetaminophin
    • Benadril
    • Lactase Ensyme: I’m not personally lactose intolerant, but a bunch of friends are, and some dont carry it
    • Pepcid Antacid
    • Prescription meds are omitted for privacy reasons

Main compartment

  • Umbrella
  • Water bottle: Sometimes a nice thermoflask 40oz bottle, other times its just a disposable waterbottle that I reuse for a few weeks

Zipper pocket

  • Anker 67W GaN wall charger

Velcro pocket

  • Earbuds
  • Ugreen 3.5mm and USB-C adapter: so I can charge my phone and listen to music at the same time
  • Ugreen USB C to C cable
  • Anker USB A to C cable
Photo of the contents of the tech related items in my backpack. Photo of the contents of the misc items in my backpack.
Photo of the front of the Donut Macaroon Backpack. Visible are pins of Toronto Transit Commission bus stops, an MBTA token pin, an MBTA pride pin and an MBTA blue line pin
Photo of the back of the Donut Macaroon Backpack.

Floating

This stuff doesn’t have a dedicated place, but gets brought with me often

  • Framework 13 AMD 7640U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2.8k Display
  • iPhone 15
  • 3M N95 Mask
  • XG-100p P25 + Analogue radio
  • APX6000 P25 + Analogue radio
  • RT3S DMR + Analogue radio
Photo of the contents of the radio related items.

Shopping list

  • Small power bank for my purse: My Anker power core 10000 broke when I inserted a USB connector backwards! I’m looking for a replacement that fits in a similar form factor
  • USB C Recepticle to USB A plug adapter: I lost it