Wallet of Slim

I decided today that my wallet was too thick. I don't carry around a lot of extra items, but it still seemed excessively think for what was in it. After taking everything out and examining the problem in detail, I discover two areas that could be improved.

1. Remove some of the junk I am carrying around.

2. The empty wallet was quite thick by itself, so it should be trimmed down.

For #1, I decided I no longer need to carry very much cash as I never use it. I even took out my ATM card, since I can't even remember the last time I went to an ATM. I removed many other items that I thought I could live without. I even went as far as photo-copying the Giant Eagle card (a discount card to a grocery store) so it is now paper thin instead of credit card thickness.

For #2, I decided I didn't need all those pockets and the extra leather was adding to the thickness. So I divided the wallet in half with a couple staples, and chopped off half of it. I have to fold my money in half now before it goes in, but considering I am going to try to carry 3 bills or less at all times, this isn't a problem.

I am going to give this a try for a few weeks, and see if there are any items I removed that I need to put back in there. If it all seems good I may actually upgrade to a wallet without staples, called the Slimmy (http://www.koyono.com/Slimmy-Slim-Wallet-Alternative-p/m17546.htm).