The go bag — a trick to be prepared whenever you are ready to head out

This is a trick that I’ve been using for years and have refined for my own purposes (that is, refined in the things that I carry / the bags that I use) as opposed to the concept itself. It’s a trick that I read many, many years ago from a mother that I can’t remember the name of, but she was a blogger and blogged about this concept which blew my mind at the time.

The go bag is a concept where in the case of an emergency, you have all the things that you need to head out (think like fire or major earthquake). The bag contains all of the essentials — some spare cash, a cellphone, flashlight, unspoiled meals, water bottle, water purifying tablets and other things. This is incredibly useful because in the case of an emergency, you may not have the time to pack all of these things together in a few seconds and rush out the door and then if you don’t have anything, you’re left stranded and potentially in a bad situation.

While it’s still on my to-do list to create a go bag for emergencies, I do have go bags for other situations.

Gym go bag

For example, I have a gym go bag — it’s a simple duffle bag that I purchased from Amazon but it contains all of my work out gear that I need. I’m not saying that going to the gym is an emergency but if I decide on a…