I’m not sure if this is quite what you’re looking for, but one thing I do is store things I need for work and travel in consistent bags.
For example, my work laptop and my badge live in specific parts of a work-specific backpack, and I never the leave the badge anywhere except in the specific pocket of the backpack or attached to my belt.
For travel, I keep a couple things that are annoying to forget in my carry-on bag (travel-sized soap, conditioner, toothpaste, an un-opened toothbrush, a multi-country power-adapter and a spare swim suit). A battery and anti-nausea meds live in a specific backpack.
There’s trade-offs with some of these (it costs money to have an extra swim suit and backpack—if you don’t already have them), but some are basically free: the anti-nausea meds and badge need to live somewhere, so why not in the backpack I’ll always have on me in the situation where I need them?
I’m not sure if this is quite what you’re looking for, but one thing I do is store things I need for work and travel in consistent bags.
For example, my work laptop and my badge live in specific parts of a work-specific backpack, and I never the leave the badge anywhere except in the specific pocket of the backpack or attached to my belt.
For travel, I keep a couple things that are annoying to forget in my carry-on bag (travel-sized soap, conditioner, toothpaste, an un-opened toothbrush, a multi-country power-adapter and a spare swim suit). A battery and anti-nausea meds live in a specific backpack.
There’s trade-offs with some of these (it costs money to have an extra swim suit and backpack—if you don’t already have them), but some are basically free: the anti-nausea meds and badge need to live somewhere, so why not in the backpack I’ll always have on me in the situation where I need them?