Including authenticaed user on models: Items, Product and User

app/User.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request;
 
 class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
 {
@@ -37,4 +38,14 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
     {
         return $this->belongsToMany(Item::class);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the logged in user
+     * 
+     * @return \App\User
+     */
+    public static function loggedIn()
+    {
+        return (new static)->findOrFail(\Auth::id());
+    }
 }