Schedule: My Bag

content/posts/2022-11-22-things-in-my-bag.md

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+---
+title: "What's in my bag?"
+date: 2022-12-15T12:00:00+01:00
+slug: edc
+categories:
+    - misc
+tags:
+    - english
+    - life
+summary: What do I carry around with me, and how do I travel?
+showtoc: false
+---
+
+I, like many of you, own a few quite different backpacks.
+The biggest one being a 30 liter motorcycle backpack which I use when I intend to be on the road for more than a few days.
+Which means, that I need more clothes than I can fit in my every-day backpack on top of the other stuff.
+
+## The list
+Items that I carry around on a daily basis:
+
+- [My Laptop](https://frame.work)
+- A 65 W USB-C PD charger
+- One 1.8 m USB-C cable
+- A 65 W USB-C PD power bank
+- A USB-C hub
+- Two HDMI cables
+- a pair of very cheap ear-buds
+- Sunscreen in a 30 ml bottle[^1]
+- [Custom-made earplugs]({{< ref "2022-11-22-earplugs" >}})
+- An umbrella
+- Zeiss wet wipes for my glasses
+
+### The reasoning
+The laptop, charger and cable are a no-brainer.
+I work digitally, and my studies need me in front of a screen.
+The same applies to the umbrella and the wipes.
+
+The power bank is useful as I am often not within reach of an outlet due to them being placed rather awkwardly around campus.
+It is also nice, to be able to charge a phone or the laptop in a park.
+
+The hub and multiple HDMI cables are for the rare occasion where I either need a USB-A device, or have the opportunity to use multiple external displays.
+For example in the office or at a few desks in the student computer poolrooms.
+
+The cheap ear-buds were bought out of necessity, when I forgot my good headphones during traveling and needed to join a work meeting.
+Since then, they live in the bag waiting for that blunder to repeat.
+
+The benefits of owning custom-made earplugs are explained in another article, but everyone should at least have some earplugs in their backpack.
+They come in handy quite often, even though they might be a "you didn't know you needed one till you owned one"-item in many occasions.
+
+## Traveling
+
+When I am traveling I carry a few bits more, including:
+
+- toiletry bag (including another[^1] bottle of sunscreen)
+- a few sets of clothing
+- headphones
+- e-reader or a book
+- travel documents
+- thermos filled with either coffee or tea
+
+
+As most of my stuff is already packed or in a state where it is easy to grab I can be out of the house for a short trip in a matter of 5 to 10 minutes.
+For a longer trip I'd have to switch bags and think about what I needed, which would increase that time to at least 15 minutes. Even then, I don't need a suitcase. Which is rather important as I don't own any :P
+
+Living in Europe, nearby to a train station this comes rather handy :)
+
+[^1]: Yep, always. It has come in handy quite a lot in the last year. My skin tends to redden quite easily...