The average weight of a handbag is six and a half pounds.
You know what else is six and a half pounds, 20 and 8/10 of a potato assuming that one
potato is five ounces, which is the average for a medium sized potato.
So imagine carrying 20 and 8/10 of a potato on, just one side of your bag for hours on
end.
Sure, you can switch arms, but let's be honest, how sure are we that we're getting the right
amount of time for each arm.
Even those that don't carry classic handbag, Maybe a messenger bag.
So I didn't experiment to see how heavy my current handbag waves, which happens to be
full grain leather.
This is important to note because this type of leather, although it can last a lifetime.
The point, that it can even outlive cockroach weighs a lot, The bag alone weighs six and
a half potatoes, six and a half potatoes.
I'm not even carrying anything I need yet and already, I've got the weight of six and
a half potatoes on my older.
Now, what about my stuff Umbrella, Two and a half, potatoes wallet, a half potato, vanity
kit one and nine tenths of a potato Phone with its case.
Also, one and nine tenths of a potato, My sunglasses.
Plus its case is a quarter of a potato business cards and stickers is half of a potato, My
reusable shopping bag, which is very important to have since.
New York, has banned plastic bag is a quarter of a potato, My to go container.
And utensils is two and a half potatoes.
If I bring my subway entertainment, that's also two and a half potatoes.
My Kindle is not any better with.
Its case is also two and a half potatoes, and what if I bring a water bottle, A water
bottle, full of water, is a whopping six and a half potatoes, That's the same as my bag.
It's like carrying two eggs.
So everyone on a daily basis, I got the weight of 28 and a third of a potato on my older,
Imagine carrying 28 and a third of a potato on, just one side of your body.
What about this person?
This has got to be 48 potatoes, at least, and this person, that will be nine potatoes.
And another, I'd say, 25 potatoes, and this at least 64 potatoes.
Let's not let potatoes, drag us down, while we're traversing, New York City.
We should learn from the mountaineers.
There's a reason why they were backpacks.
So, in this video, we are going to talk about why backpacks are so great.
And the four types of backpacks that I recommend and own myself.
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After moving to New York, you quickly learned that there are many times that you are going
to have to carry a lot of things on your person.
And this is the consequence of not owning a car.
Whether you are a musician, Jim Goer, sports enthusiast, or you just want to go on a picnic.
You have to carry all that stuff with you.
Everybody knows this.
Even the person packing, your groceries knows this.
In fact, if you tell the person who's packing your groceries, that you're taking public
transit, like, bus or subway, or walking they'll even out the weight of your bag.
So that one bag is not heavier than the other.
Because there's one thing that you don't want to be in New York City Being lopsided, the
longevity of being able to keep on New Yorking is dependent on mobility.
And the key to mobility is good form.
And good form isn't just for comfort In the long run.
Good form, prevents carpal tunnel, knee injuries, back injuries, neck injuries, even if you're
just sitting on the couch, if you don't have good form, you could potentially hurt your
lower back and lack of the mobility in New York City, is something you do not want to
deal with There.
Was this one time I met a woman at the gym, she was telling me how one nice summer afternoon.
She decided to wear open-toed, sandals on the subway.
And this one day that she decided to wear open toe sandals in the subway.
A rat ran over her foot.
Now we all have our own rat stories.
Every New Yorker has encountered a rat at one point or other.
Your either in New Yorker, who has seen a rat or has not seen their rat yet.
But this story talks it all off.
So after direct ran over her foot, she was so surprised that she jumped landed on her
foot the wrong way and sprained her ankle actually not sprained her ankle she dislocated
her ankle and what came about all of this she had to wear a boot for six months So the
order of concern that went through my head was this omg a rat.
Just ran over her barefoot, how in the world do you get around New York City in a boot?
How big was this rat?
How do you get around in the boot in the rain and lastly that must have heard Reflecting
on this.
You can see that mobility ranks high in the mind of someone living in New York City.
So what's gleaned from this is that mobility is important when living in New York City
and we should do what we can to prevent tree and keep our mobility.
Over the years of living in a large city, I found that backpacks are the way to go,
Don't get me wrong, I still use a shoulder bag and the times that I use a shoulder bag
are usually during my day-to-day where I don't really have to walk very far and I need easy
access to get things, easy access to get my keys and MetroCard my subway entertainment,
my cell phone plus when you're packed in a crab subway car, it's not a good idea to keep
your backpack on because you're gonna be hitting a lot of people and you're gonna be taking
up a lot of space.
In fact, people are gonna ask you to take off your backpack to make room for other passengers
or to just not be hitting passengers with your backpack.
I half the time I'm out.
And about a backpack is the way to go for me.
These are the times where I need to carry my stuff with me, but I don't really need
easy access to them because I'm not accessing my things again.
And again, For example, if I'm going for a long, walk attending a concert event or market.
I've seen people with roller bags, carts, and wagons and even have a wagon.
When I go grocery shopping or picnicking Widens are great.
If you're going down a few blocks and you don't need to use public transportation.
But the reality is New York is not an accessible city, and this is something that will just
have to let sink in and accept every corner of this.
Urban jungle, you're going to see stairs stairs, some moving stairs, and look even more stairs.
So, while the concept of having a roller cart or wagon is a good idea, imagine yourself
going up these stairs.
There is the option of using a lift, or over, or the yellow top sea when you have a lot
of things to carry.
And while this is good, from time to time using semi-private, transportation can get
costly.
If you do it on a regular basis, it's hard to justify paying $30 when the subway is only
$2.75.
What's the point of eating kale and enduring Cross Fitness at the gym?
If I can't use my health points to save on transportation, Over time, I've experimented
with several backpacks and I found that there are four types of backpacks that work for
me, Starting with exhibit 1, which is the smallest backpack.
I have I like to use this backpack when I'm playing tourists and that's what I need to
carry extra things beyond my basic items and I have to cover long distances without needing
to access my things right away.
For example, like a concert or there, where you want your water bottle and sunscreen with
you but you're not accessing it every five minutes, This backpack weighs about a potato
and a quarter Because it's so light.
I can easily take this with me for traveling and then wash it when it gets dirty and because
this is JanSport, it will also outlive cockroaches exhibit 2 is my medium sized bag.
I absolutely love this bag.
This bag is about two and a half potatoes like the first bag.
It's slight because there's no padding and it can be rolled up or converted to this.
Three reasons why I love this bag so much.
Is that one?
It's slight but heavy duty to.
I can wash it like my small transport one and three it can fit so many things.
It's magical all this makes this bag ideal for everyday.
Use, the best example, I could think of is bringing extra clothes to the gym clothes
and shoes to the gym are not that bulky.
So, padding isn't really necessary and so I can avoid the weight of extra padding, But,
because there is no padding.
The key thing to know is how to pack your bag.
So it's not lopsided and sits well on your back.
If you're interested in a video on how to pack things, whether it's your luggage, your
backpack, or handbag comment down below because you can't just stuff everything in there.
The laws of physics taken to play.
There will be days in New York City where you need to carry heavier and bulkier thing
and the extra weight of the padding and a heavy duty backpack is worth it.
This is the third type of backpack that I have which is my heavy duty backpack.
I use this bag as a weekender where I have to carry two to three days of clothes, with
me, or maybe if I need to bring both my laptop and my gym clothes, or if I want to do groceries
and keep the groceries on my back, I don't think there is a heavy duty backpack.
That one size fits.
All if there is comment down below, You'll have to do the research to finding the heavy
duty.
Backpack dot works for you, because everybody has a different body type.
The important thing to look out for is how it sits on your back and how it distributes
weight.
There are bags that have that chest strap on it and that helps a distributing weight
For me.
It doesn't work out that much.
I actually cut off the chest, straps on my backpack, Figuring out a heavy duty backpack
that works for you is a vast vest topic to talk about and there are plenty of articles
online and videos on how to pick a backpack that works for you.
But my point is, even though you don't use a heavy duty backpack every single day, or
maybe not often at all, it wouldn't hurt to have one.
The fourth category of bags that I own, and I actually have three of them is the hobby
specific backpack.
Maybe you're a musician or rugby player in my case.
I like to play tennis and go to archery and play the ukulele.
So, I have something specific for carrying my equipment, on my back Sports bags, can
still come in non-backpack form, but it's hard to use when you're using public transportation
And what's the one thing?
We talked about that, you don't want to be in New York City Being lopsided.
Is there a backpack that you want to suggest or recommend to others?
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