Why carry cash? My wife insists on always having some, but I haven’t needed cash in years. I carry a Visa debit card, and Mastercard and American Express credit cards and can’t recall the last time neither of these worked (my Amex has worked everywhere for the past year except one online vendor whose Amex processing process was down.)
For the record, I use a thin leather wallet I’ve had for at least twenty years (I can’t even remember where I bought it and haven’t found a nice replacement.) I learned to put it in my front pocket when traveling for security, but it also keeps my butt from getting sore on long trips and prevents cards from bending and/or breaking in half. I carry a driver’s license, above credit cards, library card, insurance card, a simple paper list of phone numbers and a Subway card.
I have exactly five keys, two of which are small, that I keep in my right pocket along with my grocery store key chain card a USB key I need for my job. That’s still too much, but I live with it.
