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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One smallish purse. Bring a small washable tote with gym clothes on monday. Shoes and everything else stay at work. Bring it home on friday.

Bring lunch one or twice a week.

I Work from home on fridays so i bring my laptop. It's super small and goes in a lean backpack.

Honestly, when i see women with giant sized totes plus purses plus laptop bags leaving work every day, it comes across to me that they're inefficient martyrs.  Clean your fucking purse out; you're just hauling a lot of junk around with you.  And do you really need to bring a huge stack of files and your laptop home every night? And if you do, why don't they fit in your giant tote bag that is also overflowing with shit?  I started asking colleagues (subtly) to find out if i was missing something about why they took so much stuff to and from work, and several admitted they're lives were messy, they rarely did work at night, but always left work with intentions to tackle a ton of stuff.  The men in my line of work are not hauling around anything except gym bags.  If they need to login from home, they login from a home computer or just respond on iPhone or iPad.  The highly successful women in my line of work are not schlepping around with overflowing totes and lap top bags, either.

Gym bag, and lunch bag and nursing stuff -- sure no problem.  [/quote]

You're pretty judgy. I was too, pre-long commute, big work responsibilities, and kids. I bring three bags: one for laptop and files (I telework often and need them at home), standard purse (wallet, badge, etc), tote with pumping stuff, food, and makeup. Happy Easter to all![/quote]

I am the same judgy. I see men waking into the office unencumbered, and some women walking in like they BARELY made it. Doesn't instill confidence. It's nuanced and not right, but real.  I made a decision 10 years ago to only have a laptop bag and a purse. That's it.[/quote]

Well if we are being judgy - I notice a lot of the women carrying multiple bags go the gym and have gym bags. I don't work out at a gym (work out at home) but am an avid runner and so pamper my feet. I have a bit of walking in my commute, and I climb the metro stairs, so in addition to my laptop (don't have a desktop as I will never work for a company who doesn't give me a laptop and let me work from home) I do sometimes carry in work shoes, refuse to walk in shoes. The non fitness folks wear "impractical" shoes because they are moving very little and they need the heels to make them thinner.

I prefer one large bag though - often a backpack, but sometimes a small laptop backpack and tote.
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