Are you a pack rat and proud?

I was in your side until you said toothbrush. That’s an overnight bag imo.

Card , keys , phone and lipstick is all I need

So i don't drink a huge amount during the day, 4 cups would be really pushing it for me, i tend to only drink at meal times. As for snacks - i buy them for the house so no matter if i buy for the house to take out or buy when i'm out i'm spending the money anyway? So it isn't really costing me any more money.

No, i just run my fingers through my hair if i think it needs it, If i need tissues i go to the toilet, i don't actually buy tissues. lip balm fits in my pocket if i need it.

No. Brushing my hair makes it look 10x worse. I would just tie it up off my face If needed.

If you have frizzy or curly hair then brushing it doesn’t make it look better! I don’t ever brush my hair when it’s dry unless I’m tying it back.

But if you had to go to a meeting after you would brush your hair , no?

Because I’m a dog walker so carrying a hairbrush around to sort my hair out would be a total waste of a pocket 😉

I also have the kind of hair that goes frizzy and ridiculous as soon as it’s brushed so I never touch it once it’s dry except to tie it up.

I only carry a bag if absolutely necessary so I need one for work because I need to carry my laptop and books but when I go out otherwise, I try my best just to use my pockets. I tend to only carry my phone because it has everything I need on it.

Or yours! Hairbrushes can be tiny or foldable and if it makes you feel more together , professional and confident, why wouldn’t you?

My job doesn’t involve writing 2000+ word reports. Not everyone’s work is the same as yours!

Not really, I might take some tissues or lip balm with me if I’ve got a cold or it’s really windy. I’ve never once carried a hairbrush around with me though!

I used to think this, too. But then I was looking at my colleagues and could not work out why compared to them I always just looked a bit.... scruffy.

It was the hair. They clearly ran a brush thriugh their hair after their windy/rainy/sweaty commute. At the very least my fringe!

Sometimes after playground duty, I look like a scarecrow!

I don't only have keys and purse, there's a lip balm and a tissue in there. I have never needed to brush my hair part way through my working day though!

Do the people who only take keys, phone and bank card never need things like tissues, hairbrushes, lip balm etc throughout the day?

I have a backpack when I commute (2hrs one way). It's a big one that has:

• laptop for work
• my own mac (I do some work for a charity i support on the train and i need my mac)
• music manuscript (I also get a lot of score study done during my four hours of travel)
• book in case I dont want to do the two things above
• tea, a big travel cup of it
• my breakfast
• my lunch
• my dinner for the train home (I am busy as soon as I get home)
• depending in the weather a cardigan, jumper or whatever
• noise cancelling headphones because other people+trains and also to listen to aforementioned scored ... big ones that go over my ears.
• hairbrush, just a little one.
• my planner and pen
• door pass, car keys, paracetamol, tampons and pads (i never know these days...), anti bac, tissues, eye drops (I wear contacts), bank cards, lip balm, breath mints, plasters, umbrella, sunglasses....

this leave room for anything I pick up while I am out - nice loaf from Gail's or something....

I couldn't write 2000+ word reports on a phone screen. Good on you if you can.

I carry all the things I need in a cross body bag:

Phone, keys, small bag with make up/basic first aid stuff, maybe a small notebook.

If I want to read, I do it on my kindle app. If it might be chilly, I'm probably already wearing a small scarf and would tie it around my bag if necessary. Gloves in my coat pocket. I'd shove my glasses, a small water bottle and an umbrella in my bag if I thought I'd need them.

I would take a rucksack/big bag if going somewhere overnight but I would never need that much stuff if just out for a day.

I can work, read or listen to an audiobook on my phone. I don't need to carry loads of different things around with me to do that.

Ahhhh, I need to have my mind stimulated or I'd be bored. Can't do staring. Have to be prepped for travel. On a train, I'd work, on a bus I'd read a book or listen to an audio book.

I'd look out of the window, listen to music, read a free magazine/newspaper, check my e-mails, do some business admin etc. I don't need anything more than my phone to do any of those things.

Why would I need to stare at a phone?

There are other options! Listening to music, daydreaming, staring out of a window etc.