Whats in My Bag

I was asked recently what I think are the essential items to take to uni with you every day, and it got me thinking. 

What are my go-to important must-haves? 

It helps that I have a locker to keep some bits in it, especially as a commuter student.

Locker:- 

• Electrical items (Headphones and camera for online meetings. Various charging cables and plugs)
• Power bank.
• USB Drive, just in case.
• Pencil case with contents.
• Notepad.
• Basic First Aid kit, Pain killers
• Spare shoes (I hate having wet feet on a rainy day.
• Sanitary Items
• Deodorant
• A4 Document wallets (useful when I have printed documents at uni and want to take them home).
• Hair bobbles, Safety pins etc
• Sewing kit

Bag:-

• Tissues
• Charging cable
• Powerbank
• Earbuds
• Notepad
• Pens
• Hand Sanitiser
• Sanitary Items
• Pain Killers/Anti-Histamines etc
• Reusable Cup
• Water Bottle
• Reusable Shopping Bags
• Snacks, when I remember to replenish. 

Additionally, my diary is normally in my bag. Laptop or tablet as required.

Would love to know what else you suggest. 

Teaching

 I am feeling really proud of my students most of whom hadn't used a sewing machine a few weeks ago, but all have now made a bag of their own design. 

Here are a few of their great bags.

A little panic, maybe

 It's all getting rather real now.

Research

Spent the morning looking at detail at Archives online, registering for access where necessary and making lists of what I want/need to see. Though it's very easy still to get sucked into a rabbit hole, especially with paintings or photographs of objects.

Stationery

Last night I spent hours browsing suitable stationery, I have no idea what suitable stationery is, clearly it's not obvious as I didn't find anything that jumped out at me as suitable stationery.  Ended up looking at bullet journaling, why, I have no idea. Reminded me of the scrapbooking I did years ago. So is it useful, was it a waste of an hour plus of my time, maybe, but maybe it was just the space I needed to chill out a little? 

I have been productive though and sorted through bags of old stationery and actually managed to get rid of old not books with shopping lists in etc, or what would have been future social history.

Bags

Maybe this goes with the stationery or maybe it's a deep-seated latent urge I didn't know I had, but I have spent ages looking for the right bag, do I need a new bag, no, do I know what I want from a bag? no. I just feel I need a special bag for uni.

Chances are any bag would get used a few times and then end up relegated to my locker, under my desk or the cupboard under the stairs.

Though maybe, I'm bored, or just need to research something, anything, as I don't even like shopping.