Thanks Melba, this was really useful.

Some of these were things I habitually did at the last place, so it won’t take too much to start them up again. Surprisingly, theft is something I’ve never had to worry about anywhere I’ve been. Violence, sure, and I used to lock my room when I went to shower because I was worried one of them would around the corner in my room and assault me, but I didn’t have to worry about keys because only workers had keys. These days I obviously do have keys to my room, and luckily I can’t actually be locked out of my room (the lock only locks if I use a key or am on the other side). I also always had my phone with me in case shit hit the fan and I had to shelter in the bathroom or something, which is a habit I still have.

And the computer one I got in the habit of doing too after one of the kids at my last place messaged everyone I had in my contacts asking them if they were gay 😭 (actually kind of funny now, but it definitely wasn’t at the time)

I have actually been considering getting a safe for a while to keep my important docs in, more so I know where they are and to give them some protection from fires or similar, but this is probably the push I need to actually get one. I hadn’t considered tying it to anything, but I will take your advice and chain it up to my bed posts.

I don’t really wear many nice things. My nicest/most expensive belonging is probably my PC. But I do have a good pair of nose cancelling headphones that I’m a bit too lax about leaving around. I wear them almost 24/7 (I’m really sensitive to noise) but usually take them off if I’m having a convo, just out of politeness and usually forget to put them back on

I’m not 100% sure on what I’ll do with the key situation though. I have 3 keys on my keyring along with a couple of knickknacks. I could take just my bedroom key off and put it on its own thing chain, maybe tie it to my beltloops or something, but I’m not a fan of then having 2 sets of keys to carry and worry about. My keys are all solid brass (I think) and make a shit ton of noise. I would go to Bunnings and get one of those cheap key clone things they have that they do in that plastic like material, but our keys are all security keys and they are very vehemently against making copies