“System!” my friends and Marie Kondo’s internet scream. “All you need is a system. As long as you always put your stuff in the same place, you’ll never lose anything again,” they said, as I staggered in the door carrying my children’s backpack, a bag of dirty clothes, mine. waist packand a bag of dog food.
Like Elizabeth Bishop, I have grown into a good art. I hid my Kindle from my 5 year old and now I can’t find it. My husband borrowed my wallet to get his car insurance card; While I was looking, the dog got out of the yard. You may feel vague about the possibility follow your friends or relatives (please resist the urge to sew a tracker into your shady boyfriend’s jacket), but without a Bluetooth and GPS tracker, I would hardly be able to function. I’ve listed my favorite uses for each of my favorite trackers, but many of these are multi-purpose—if you can stick it on a dog, you can stick it on a child and vice versa.
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