When you're out and about, you will eventually acquire trash. Unless you're in a mall or similar public space, trash cans may be a ways away. Drinks and things aren't hard to remember to get rid of, but what about wrappers or tags?
Little stuff.
No point in keeping your hands full with it, but where does it go until you're ready to get rid of it?
Pockets work, but I tend to forget to take things out of them and discover an old paper scrap or snack wrapper a week later. Slings and purses and the like are also fine, but only if you regularly flush them out. Larger bags are a black hole.
Really, the particular location doesn't matter so much as having one consistent spot to empty. My current preference when possible is the outer pocket of my backpack. I tend to forget it exists but I don't use it for anything else so a few things piling up is fine.
Cars are odd. Is there a particular compartment in the car that fills up? If you really need it keep a little bag in there, but I would be hesitant to make a permanent home in the car for trash unless you frequently roadtrip. In most cases, you should just take the trash out with you when you arrive.
But as long as it makes it out eventually, right?
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Nightly Notes
I really don't have much to say about this.
Another one of those topics where it's not a big deal, I just never seem to actually think about it. Just make the decision once and never again.
Well, your options for where to put trash change. I don't always have a bag on me.
I could write about travel packing generally, but I don't travel all that much. Maybe I should have called this "Transient Trash" instead. I'm counting a quick excursion in "travel" here, but packing is about multi-day trips.
Actually, is it? You could view packing as an expansion of your standard daily items. I have things I wish I had thought more about packing even for a trip of a couple hours. What you carry determines what you can do while you're out. That's true for an hour or a month.
Ideas for tomorrow perhaps.
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