Well, believe it or not, this ought to take up a good deal of thought and should almost entirely be inspired by necessity. What do you really need throughout the day? What could you live without and is there something you may need that could potentially make the difference between a good day and a rough day. For instance: you need your keys most of the time right? Do you always need chapstick? Nooooo however if you can carry it and it won’t be busting out of your pocket, why not carry it instead of chewing on your dead lips all day? Right???
Anyway, that’s the type of logic I like to apply to what I carry with me every day.
Know your gear…
I’m the type of person who likes to know his gear inside and out. I love taking things apart and putting them back together, particularly if I can improve it’s performance once it’s back together. I also find it extremely helpful to understand how my gear works so that I can have a deeper knowledge of it’s limitations and application.
As a for instance, I have often used the back of my pocket knifes handle as a bottle opener because it’s durable, I can get adequate leverage with it and most importantly; it’s a beater knife and I know I can abuse it.
How do I carry it all?
Yet another piece of this puzzle that should take some consideration. I plan to use these things in everyday life, there is a limit to how much I can carry. How does this piece affect that? Puzzling your gear together in a way that is comfortable and accessible will be very important for a couple of reasons; The moment arises when you should use your pry tool for a task only now you have to dig it out of wherever it is now in your pocket. I personally have a standard layout for how I keep my pockets organized and can instantly grab what I need from each pocket. Some people like pocket organizers and while I totally understand the desire and appeal to them, personally I think they just add more bulk which is always something I try to minimize. Think about what you’re carrying, what hand you’ll use to grab at it, where it ought to go and how it might fit alongside other things in your pocket. Play around with it and see how you feel. Change it up once in a while if you want, even if just to validate the way you carry.
Use it!
Obviously if you’re going to carry all that gear around, find excuses to use it. Why the hell not? See a box that’s being thrown out? Cut that bitch down! Screw loose on a fixture at work? Bust out that handy multi tool and crank it DOWN!
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