The New Testament, Psalms and a spiritual booklet on wisdom: this could well be the bag of someone who is a little searching, someone in need of direction. This lady – according to the passport it is a woman – is interested in God and in the way of tao. In addition, she believes in the feasibility of society, because she also reads about that. The bag contains a theme number from Quote: about the tycoons of tomorrow. In Mokum Magazine Jeangu Macrooy tells in the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest that as an underdog he had made it to the European song contest. Perhaps this bag owner wanted to dream away at the success of others. Or maybe ‘success’ is the goal of her spiritual quest.
If you want to be successful, you often start with setting small goals. Make sure you can be reached when you get a call from a potential customer, for example. Maybe that’s why she doesn’t just bring a charger, but also a spare cord. Thanks to the nail clippers, the file and the extra shoelace, she looks neat and presentable. Customers do not go into business with a slob. The booklet What’s on a Man’s Mind also seems like a handy tool. Because if you understand better how men think, you will benefit from this in the workplace. The scandal at The Voice may shake the patriarchy in the media world: the top of the corporate world unfortunately seems to be an unassailable testosterone stronghold. There is a good chance that she will become despondent from time to time. Hence, of course, that chocolate and that box with empty filter sleeves, especially suitable for joints. Because no matter how hard you look for success, sometimes you want to forget everything for a while. Anything but your bag, of course.
A version of this article also appeared in NRC on the morning of February 2, 2022