The Things I Sometimes Carry

While pondering this assignment, I realized that I don’t really carry around specific things when I go anywhere – there’s no special keychain or “totem” that I keep around with me wherever I go. Sure, I keep the bare minimum with me – my not-smart phone, which has weathered years of unfaithful service and constant dropped-calls; and sometimes my wallet, whose contents are usually a mystery to me. Everything that I carry around usually is only for school – everything’s haphazardly jammed into my backpack and usually ends up ruining all the worksheets and other materials, but I don’t really need them with me at all times.

I have a particularly sensitive nose; every season, and in any weather – wind, snow, sleet, shine, or hail – my nose is running. For this reason, I always carry a mini-bag of tissues around. It’s always good for hygiene to keep clean, and there are plenty of uses for tissues. Everything from horribly-fragile origami to jotting down quick notes (keep in mind that all of these uses are for separate tissues!), tissues are second only to smartphones in my list of usefulness.

Not that I would know how useful smartphones are first-hand, but I would definitely carry it around everywhere.

Let’s just say that my not-smart phone might have a little accident.