Technology
- Dell 15-inch touchscreen laptop running Ubuntu — for when your café “Wi-Fi” is really just a philosophical concept.
- Power adapter — because outlets hide in corners like cryptids.
- 2 TB external drive — for those days you accidentally back up the entire Internet.
- Spare phone + charger — the one that actually rings when your main phone “dies” of embarrassment.
- Boot/reload USBs (“red pill” and “blue pill”) — for the moment a stranger says, “Windows just updated itself.”
- Northern Europe power adapter — every coworking space eventually becomes an embassy.
Outdoor living (urban edition)
- Trail soup (4 packs) & food tabs — for nights when DoorDash loses your building.
- Electrolyte tablets — to survive open-plan offices with broken air conditioning.
- Water filter straws (2) — for apartment tap water that tastes like optimism and copper.
- Collapsible 2 L bottle and bowl — ideal for BYO ramen at 3 AM server cutovers.
- Camping spork and table knife — because office kitchens never have utensils, just spoons with trauma.
- Roll of quarters ($10) — laundromats, payphones, or convincing vending machines that you’re old-school legit.
- Compact camp shower + poncho — one for protest days, the other for “surprise” building evacuations.
- Spare shirt, socks, and hair ties — for spontaneous overnighters or moral triage in the airport bathroom.
- Large tarp + rope + carabiners — emergency shade at the company picnic or privacy on the redeye floor.
- Hatchet multi-tool — opens coconuts, fixes furniture, or ends HR conversations politely.
- Paracord + matches + fire tube — for re-lighting office morale or roasting marshmallows at a blackout.
- Backup flint sets — redundancy is love, and fire is Wi-Fi for the soul.
Emergency
- Compact first-aid kit — paper cuts from bureaucracy count.
- Crank/solar emergency radio:
- AM/FM/Weather — for when your ISP calls “planned maintenance.”
- Large flashlight — doubles as “conversation ender” in dark parking garages.
- Solar panel & hand crank — workout and hope generator.
- Rechargeable batteries with USB out — because everything eventually needs a reboot.
Field tools (city mode)
- Twine + duct tape — for fixing reality when IT can’t.
- Rite-in-the-Rain pens + notebook — jot down revelations during power outages or dull meetings.
- Mini binoculars + compass — spying on parking signs that lie.
- 6 ft tape measure — to confirm that “tiny house” is code for “glorified hallway.”
- Largest Swiss (with pouch): for IKEA hex screws, bottle caps, and unexpected fishing opportunities.
- Fire-starter cotton, mirror, knot guide, and two band-aids — for Tinder dates that escalate.
- Large Swiss Army knife: proof that over-preparedness can still fit in a pocket.
- SwissCard: TSA-approved mischief device for office emergencies.
- Two hand-powered chainsaws — you never know when a fallen branch (or metaphor) needs clearing.
- “Monkey Tools” (2) — perform 15 functions, none of which you remember when needed.
- Small multi-tools and a sharpener — because dull blades make dull stories.
Outdoor guides (for indoor people)
- Tiny Survival Guide — doubles as bedtime reading during extended power failures.
- Plastic card sets:
- Wayfinding — when Google Maps gaslights you again.
- Primitive cooking — useful after your air fryer unionizes.
- Knots — for cables, hair, or office diplomacy.
- Shelter building — for cubicle reconstruction after layoffs.
- First aid — emotional or otherwise.
- Paracord — fashion meets function.
- Fire building — applies equally to relationships and morale.
Why carry all this?
Because every city is one transformer fire away from becoming the wilderness.
This bag isn’t paranoia. It’s continuity. It’s comfort when the office HVAC quits, the grid hiccups, or your train dies mid-tunnel. Everything in here has saved a day, a plan, or a reputation at least once.