After leaving some key items behind early in my career, I decided to prevent these slip-ups from happening again. I set my truck up every spring with extra everything. Boots, pants, shirts, sweaters, and the rest of the turkey necessities. This bag has duplicates of everything I carry hunting, shells, batteries for sites, flashlights, bore snakes(various gauges), head net, gloves, socks etc. Since I added this pre-prep stage every season, I have had everything I need to hunt with even if I forget something. And oh yes, a sticky note taped to my console that just says “Gun”. No more worries “Do I have my……”
You sound like me when I go someplace. Need 3 pair of underwear? Bring 6 pair. Need meds for 3 days? Bring enough for a week. My GF gets mad at me because she says I "Over prepare" I also built her an emergency box for her van when we got together, blankets, extra warm clothes for winter, emergency blankets/tarps that reflect body heat and so on. Saved her bacon one day when she got broke down and stuck in a snow storm though.