Question for jon

[Daniel]

Hi, jon.

You're well traveled to say the least.

Well, I've been deep into home security videos now that I have a home to secure, and the same with personal security videos, now that I'm living alone.

I watched a video by ex-CIA (these videos are a dime dozen) last night.

I want to run what the man said by you.

He said- keep one hand free at all times. Choose ahead of time. I don't see how he couldn't have meant the dominant hand.

To be complete, he said scan the terminal on a schedule of your own making. He said look everywhere but nowhere specifically, at nothing specific, at nobody specific. Only make sure you do it routinely every x minutes.

So, his theory is that if you're in public and you have something to carry (e.g. a bag), and you are using both hands, you can easily get distracted by what you're doing, not be aware of your surroundings, and drop things on the ground very easily (e.g. a cellphone- I know this part to be true after losing 2 cellphones over the past 1 1/2 years- that you can lose a cellphone or wallet- don't want to Jix it but haven't done that).

So, when I go anywhere, my wallet and keys are in a bag in a zipped pocket, inside a zipped main pocket. My phone and reading glasses are more of a problem because I have to use them almost constantly.

I'd like to know your thoughts on all this, and what you think of doing everything using one hand while having the other free.

I don't see how I could use only one hand but maybe.

In any case, I'd like to improve. I feel like I do get distracted. I know I drop stuff on the ground, even if not recently.

So, do you have any security tips for traveling?