RULE ONE
Know Where Your Bag Is
First, your bag can be almost anything. Myself, my generic bag is a Lithuanian gas mask bag, and my backup generic is a Belgian gas mask bag. They are an appropriate width for any standard size trade paper book, and I find them to be convenient and durable in any environment, urban or pastoral; after all, they were designed for war. Depending on the circumstances I am also prone to carrying a book bag, a laptop bag, a bike messenger bag; regardless - no matter what bag I have this is always true: I know where my bag is. This may seem like a small thing, but the truth of the matter is that if you can not master this basic rule then you must needs be a Great Beauty or the life you have ahead of you will be nothing but Doom and Despair. And also know this - Beauty Fades.
Your bag doesn't even need to be in bag form. Bag is just a convenient way of grouping together those items that are important for the Identity you are currently assuming to carry. Many of these objects will be no different than the objects carried by any number of other individuals, but these are different in so far as they are yours. If you can fit it all in your pockets, then more power to you. Indeed, sometimes it will make more sense to go sans sac. Just know where your bag is. Have an awareness of your bag. To this end, a list is supplied of what should make up your bag. You need not carry these things on your person every moment of the day, but why not have them at the ready? Who knows what might happen? It only takes a second to check for your keys every time you walk through a threshold, and although that might be exhausting, compare against potential hours spent waiting outside your apartment, inappropriately dressed, because you were "just taking out the trash."
TEN COMPONENTS OF BAG
1. Something with which you can make fire.
2. Something with which you can write.
3. Something which you can write upon.
4. Something which contains the permissions related to your identity.
5. Something which identifies your identity.
6. Something which you could read for at least an hour.
7. Something which cuts.
8. Any accessories and provisions as appropriate.
9. Twenty dollars USD that you never spend.
10. Two pairs of latex gloves.
There is another sense of "bagness" that should be discussed. Your bag is who you are, and your Bag is who you are. It is what you are interested in, and where your appeal lies. You should know your bag, and where it is at, but that is a lesson to be expounded on down the line. In the meantime, always have your ID on you, take your keys with you when you leave the apartment, and know where you bag is.
IAO
Know Where Your Bag Is
First, your bag can be almost anything. Myself, my generic bag is a Lithuanian gas mask bag, and my backup generic is a Belgian gas mask bag. They are an appropriate width for any standard size trade paper book, and I find them to be convenient and durable in any environment, urban or pastoral; after all, they were designed for war. Depending on the circumstances I am also prone to carrying a book bag, a laptop bag, a bike messenger bag; regardless - no matter what bag I have this is always true: I know where my bag is. This may seem like a small thing, but the truth of the matter is that if you can not master this basic rule then you must needs be a Great Beauty or the life you have ahead of you will be nothing but Doom and Despair. And also know this - Beauty Fades.
Your bag doesn't even need to be in bag form. Bag is just a convenient way of grouping together those items that are important for the Identity you are currently assuming to carry. Many of these objects will be no different than the objects carried by any number of other individuals, but these are different in so far as they are yours. If you can fit it all in your pockets, then more power to you. Indeed, sometimes it will make more sense to go sans sac. Just know where your bag is. Have an awareness of your bag. To this end, a list is supplied of what should make up your bag. You need not carry these things on your person every moment of the day, but why not have them at the ready? Who knows what might happen? It only takes a second to check for your keys every time you walk through a threshold, and although that might be exhausting, compare against potential hours spent waiting outside your apartment, inappropriately dressed, because you were "just taking out the trash."
TEN COMPONENTS OF BAG
1. Something with which you can make fire.
2. Something with which you can write.
3. Something which you can write upon.
4. Something which contains the permissions related to your identity.
5. Something which identifies your identity.
6. Something which you could read for at least an hour.
7. Something which cuts.
8. Any accessories and provisions as appropriate.
9. Twenty dollars USD that you never spend.
10. Two pairs of latex gloves.
There is another sense of "bagness" that should be discussed. Your bag is who you are, and your Bag is who you are. It is what you are interested in, and where your appeal lies. You should know your bag, and where it is at, but that is a lesson to be expounded on down the line. In the meantime, always have your ID on you, take your keys with you when you leave the apartment, and know where you bag is.
IAO
Due to the importance placed on keeping one's keys about them, it seems like #4 should be #1, and yet the first Component of Bag we are given is related to fire making. What moves the Divine Hand so? - trst
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