Have you seen the “What’s in Your Bag?” feature? This video segment is a recurring interview series where celebrities are asked to share the contents of their bag to reveal essential items they carry with them daily. The interviews aim to give us a glimpse into the lives of these recognizable figures and explore what possessions are considered a necessity to them and why.
I love this feature- not because I really care too much about what someone else carries with them on a daily basis but more because it gives me a chance to play the game myself. So, I love to imagine that if someone interviewed me for the “What’s in Your Bag?” feature, I would clearly be able to share the contents of my own bag and explain why these items are crucial to me.
But not everything that we carry with us daily can be pulled out of a rolling bag, a weekender tote, or a purse, am I right? Sure, some things are easy to display as you declare, “I don’t go anywhere without this” like your wallet, phone, or makeup bag. But there are other things, not quite as tangible or easy to display, that we choose to carry around with us all day long but have never stopped to ask ourselves why.
Want to play? Okay, so maybe you carry your AirPods, wallet, and lip gloss everywhere you go, but can you tell me what’s in your bag that I can’t, see? What are you talking about, Denise? I’m talking your emotional, spiritual bag. You don’t leave home without it. But what’s in it? Let’s acknowledge that we are all carting around beliefs, thoughts, and emotions whether we realize it or not. Do you like what’s in your bag? Does your bag feel heavy or light when you throw it over your shoulder? Did you know that you can intentionally decide what goes in and what gets cleaned out along with the old receipts, candy wrappers, and last week’s grocery list? Yes, my friends, it’s all part of the style game.
So, I invite you to interview yourself in this week’s “What’s in Your Bag?” feature. Visualize that someone has asked you to be featured in this segment and you need to tell your viewers what three tangible things are in your bag that you would never leave home without and what three spiritual or emotional things are in your bag that you wouldn’t dream of leaving behind as you head out the door each day. These things can be practical or stylish, it’s up to you, but you should be able to explain your reasons for why you choose to carry these things.
For me, in my tangible bag (BTW- I visualize it’s a super cute summer straw bag- totally living into my “summer in style”!), I never leave home without my oversized sunglasses, phone, wallet, my journal, my agenda, pen/pencil, and my travel makeup bag. In my spiritual bag (this bag feels so light and easy to carry because I am always cleaning it out- on purpose!), I can’t leave home without a positive attitude, my peace, optimism, a smile, faith, and gratitude.
What about you? What’s in your bag? This week, the segment features YOU (you look great on camera, BTW- such a natural!). Can’t wait to hear what you reveal. I just know that it’s going to stylishly showcase the amazing, unique individual that you are. And if you find it’s in need of a good cleaning out, all good! Remember to consciously put back in your bag only what suits you…and do it on purpose. That will make your handbag a coveted, designer one that you’ll love to carry with you daily. With you as the featured designer. That, my stylish friend, is a wrap.
