As a sort of remembrance for myself, I’m cataloguing what I have in my EDC (Every Day Carry). These are the items I don’t leave the house without. If it’s in my EDC, it’s been “battle tested” and I find it to be useful enough to warrant a spot in my EDC.

Here’s the list of things, I’ll go into each one in depth after:

  • keys
  • phone
  • wallet
  • headphones

Keys

Thankfully, I don’t have many keys nowadays. House, mailbox, work, and car. All of these items are on a single key ring and I don’t think about it too much.

Phone

iPhone XS.

Wallet

Over the last 5 years, since I backed their initial Kickstarter campaign, I’ve been using a Zenlet wallet.

There are some pretty great features of this wallet:

  • always the same size
  • slim profile
  • easy access to all cards
  • aesthetically pleasing

The wallet can hold up to 6 cards (with or without embossing). When you have 2+ cards in the wallet, when you open it up the cards will automatically fan out giving you easy access to each card.

Headphones

AirPods. I believe that this is the best product that Apple has shipped since iPhone. I don’t say this lightly, but they’re as close to “magic” as wireless headphones have ever been.

  • no wires between the left/right pods
  • case that doubles as a charger
  • 90 minute talk time on each pod
  • can use each pod independently, or together in stereo