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Items I carry with me

october 14, 2024

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

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

• Sharpie S Gel Pen: Cheap enough that if I loose it I wouldnt care, writes well enough
• One of those screwdrivers you used to see at trade shows: Has phillips and flathead bits and works well enough as a pry tool
• RovyVon Aurora A1 Flashlight

Left pouch

• Yubikey 5
• 128GB SanDisk flash drive: Has Ventoy and a whole bunch of distros
• Anker PowerCore 10000 Power Bank
• USB A Plug to C Recepticle (plugged into Power Bank)
• Apple 1M USB C to C cable

Right pouch

• Portable Tissues
• Optico Cleaning Wipe: The ones I get are from costco and are intended for glasses, but the main ingredient is alcohol and thus they work as an alcohol wipe in a pinch
• Nail file
• Nail clippers
• Tweezers

Large pouch

• A small zip lock bag with
  • 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
• Wallet: This same wallet is sold on amazon under a million different brand names
  • ID card
  • Canadian health insurance card
  • Credit card
  • Debit card
  • Nexus card
  • Cash: change is kept in a small zip lock bag in my purse
  • Bandages
  • Radio license (How could I not ;P )

Back zipper pocket

• Apple 1M USB C to Lightning cable
• Small zip lock bag with change
• Keys
  • Sim ejector
• Fiskars folding scissors: Comes quite in handy and

Pencil Case

My pencil case came free with my backpack and I’m unsure what model it is, but it’s from Herschel and doesn’t have much room

• Sharpie Fine Point Permanent Marker: Maybe I should get rid of this cause conspiracy charges are cringe
• Graphgear 500 Mechanical Pencil
• Pilot Frixon Highlighter
• Sharpie S Gel Pen
• Lamy Safari Fountain Pen
• Pentel Dry Erase Marker
• Faber Castel Dust Free Eraser

Tech Pouch

This tech pouch has a similar story to my pencil case. It came free with my xbox backpack, however it is far more spacious and has a lovely flower design

• Plugable USBC-E1000 Ethernet Adapter
• 3ft Ethernet Cable
• Telescopic BNC UHF Antenna: I got it for 10 dollars at a hamfest
• Small zip lock bag for
  • Micro SD to full size SD adapter
  • Comet CH-32 antenna: Thank you to the friend who gave this to me, you know who you are
  • BNC M to SMA M adapter
  • BNC M to SMA F adapter (x2)
• Framework Screwdriver
• USB C to A dongle (x2)
• Framework HDMI module
• Framework SD Card module
• Nooelec NESDR Smart RTL-SDR: This always has one of the BNC adapters on it and is always plugged into one of the USB C to A dongles for fast deployment on the train
• Microcenter flash driver with Fedora on it: MICROCENTER FLASHDRIVE GANG
• Spare 3M N95 Mask
• Hair Elastic
• Anker USB C to A cable

Backpack

All of the above items usually live in my backpack. My backpack is a Herschel Settlement Backpack in black. It has a large main compartment with a (not padded) laptop sleeve and water bottle pouch which is too small for a water bottle. I would not recommend. It also has a small front pouch

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
• Anker 35W Nano 3 charger
• Small plastic case with medications: I carry this both for myself and for my friends
  • Ibuprofin
  • Acetaminophin
  • Benadril
  • Lactase Ensyme: I’m not personally lactose intolerant, but a bunch of friends are, and some dont carry it
  • Pepcid Antacid
• Flipper Zero: Maybe I should get rid of this cause conspiracy charges are cringe

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

Floating

This stuff doesn’t have a dedicated place, but gets brought with me pretty much everywhere

• Framework 13 AMD 7640U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2.8k Display
• iPhone 15
• 3M N95 Mask
• Anker 67W GaN wall charger
  • Ugreen USB C to C cable
  • Anker USB A to C cable
• Earbuds
• Ugreen 3.5mm and USB-C adapter: so I can charge my phone and listen to music at the same time