HowTo: Remember Your Power Chord

Not a semantic tech topic, but a note to self on how to be a better computer user and save much pain and anguish. A coworker rescued me last night when I had left my laptop's power chord in the office when returning to my hotel. I've done this a number of times, the worst case undoubtedly in 2003 when I discovered at the airport that I had left my power cable behind and had no time to retrieve it before making a 3+ week international journey. A great friend who had a key to my house dashed off, found the chord (amongst many similar chords), sped off to the airport and saved the day. I thought that would be enough to teach me never to forget my chord again... it wasn't.

But now, I think I've hit upon a nearly fool proof way to always remember it:
Pack the chord first.
Pack the chord before you pack up the laptop.
The risk is then that you might get distracted before packing the laptop itself. The obviously too lite computer bag is sure to remind you, so risk mitigated.