Daily Carry

Published Monday, October 14, 2024. Updated Friday, August 1, 2025.

I tend to like to be a bit overprepared

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 outside of purse)

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.

I usually like to keep a USB-A plug to USB-A recepticle adapter in my purse, but I lost the one I had. I also used to have an Anker PowerCore 10000 which was recalled recently, and haven’t been able to afford a replacement.

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 small mesh bag with

And, in the back zippered compartment I keep

(Photo of inside of purse) (Photo of contents of purse layed out)

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)

In the smallest zipper pocket:

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 contents of wallet 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 outside of pouch. Labels side up)

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 mylar bag I have

(Photo of contents of poucn layed out)

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 front of my backpack)

Main compartment:

Laptop sleeve:

Zipper pocket above the laptop sleeve:

Zipper mesh pocket:

Open phone size pocket:

Large velcro pocket:

(Photo of the inside front of my backpack)

In the buttoned front pouch:

(Photo of the inside of the main compartment of my backpack) (Photo with the contents laid out)