What’s in my backpack?
I might be nearly 31, but I still love “What’s in my backpack” posts and videos. Maybe it’s because I’m really nosey? Theres something really interesting on a sociological basis about seeing what “essentials” people feel the compulsion to carry with them day to day.
I usually carry a backpack. I carried a Kanken for 5 years for work, but as Ive started carrying breakfast, lunch, a flask and a reusable bottle and cutlery, I now tend to use my Tom Bihn Synapse 19 for work, and keep my Kanken for weekend things.
(A Tom Bihn Synapse 19 review is forthcoming!)
I’m not a handbag girl. I have a couple small messenger bags, a leather (Cambridge) satchel and a small cross body “smart” bag in my wardrobe that I use when I don't use a backpack.
I commute to work on public transport, usually the train but sometimes the bus.
I tend to have-
SYNAPSE 19 backpack (cloud/island)
-My breakfast and my lunch
- the case for my tao-tronics wireless headphones (work essential)
-a reusable coffee cup or flask
-my Chillys or Klean Kanteen water bottle
-a book (usually a paperback for ease; but at the moment its “Becoming” by Michelle Obama in hardback)
-wallet
-card holder
-travel card
-small make up pouch with hand cream, lip balm, lip stick, comb, hair ties, and so on
-fold up shopping bag
-my small date book/diary
-pen pouch
-bullet journal
-snacks (Slimming world hifi bar, fibre one bar)
-mini super concentrate squash (cordial)
-Turtle doves fingerless gloves (all year round- I get quite cold hands at work and type for a living!) I have like 4 pairs of these babies and they are the BEST fingerless gloves, especially if you have circulatory problems like me.
-Tom Bihn snake charmer with power cords, earphone splitter, power bank, spare earbuds, a tin with hair grips, my medication, bamboo cutlery... if it needs a home and is loose, it usually gets corralled into there!
SEASONAL/ occasional
- a packable raincoat in a Tom Bihn No2 stuff sack (for spring/summer showers)
-hat or buff (buses get cold!)
-Cath Kinston Travel umbrella
-plastic tub for Minnie’s water (if we are out walking), Minnie snacks, poo bags