My New Wallet

As a minimalist I have always disliked my traditional wallet. Even for a guy I think its always been to much to carry around. I cant even imagine how and why women carry such huge purses with them everywhere. A traditional men’s wallet really just has so many compartments that I personally did not even use most of them. All I used was a compartment to keep my driving license, one for a train pass, another for my coins and the fourth for my cash. Yet because the wallet was naturally made out of leather, it itself would use up a lot of space in my pocket.

So I had to search for a alternative. Most minimal wallets I would find would only be made for notes and cards, so then I would ask, where do I put my coins? Most if not all the wallets you can get these days are just made for too much stuff to put in.

So, a few days ago I was walking around Melbourne with my sister as we are visiting and in New Zealand one of my best friends told me she would buy half of her stuff there at a Op Shop because its cheap and you can find some good quality stuff. So while walking around Melbourne I saw a Op Shop near Victoria Market and so I had to check it out if not to buy anything there. And there I found it! The wallet I was looking for!

I got it for only $3 and it very minimal! It only has one compartment and button to in the center to keep it closed. It seems to be quite a few years old and has the Bank of Victoria name written on it which is vaguely visible.

Its less of a wallet and more of a pouch but it fits all my stuff in it. Its made of strong leather but because it only has one compartment, its very slim. I can put perfectly put my coins, notes and cards in it with space to spare and it does not get even close to as bulky as my tradition wallet did even when it was empty.

I have fallen in love with this old school wallet as its so simply made and has a antique touch to it. As for my previous wallet, I will give it to someone else.

My dream list

This is just going to be a fun post on what I want my 50 things I own to be.

Right now I have hundreds of things I own in my room which I am trying to sell or donate but this won’t stop anytime soon as I still have heaps of junk in Sydney, at my family’s house as well which I will start getting rid of once I am there…

So once I get rid of most of the things I do not need, I would only like to own 50 things or less.

The below list is just an imagination of what I would like those 50 things to be… (the list does not include furniture or shared items, only items that I would use myself).

1. Macbook Air 11″
2. laptop case
3. Small external hard drive (1TB at least)
4. Pentax K-30
5. camera bag
6. 18-135mm lens
7. 150-450mm lens
8. water bottle
9. A small dumb phone or iPhone
10. t-shirt
11. t-shirt
12. t-shirt
13. t-shirt
14. white shirt
15. white shirt
16. white shirt
17. formal pants
18. formal pants
19. jeans
20. shorts
21. shorts
22. shorts
23. swimming shorts
24. socks
25. socks
26. socks
27. underwear
28. underwear
29. underwear
30. underwear
31. underwear
32. small notepad
33. jacket
34. rain jacket/ coat
35. hoodie
36. belt
37. formal shoes
38. running shoes
39. sandals
40. Pencil
41. Pen
42. shaver
43. trimmer
44. LOTR ring (will arrive this monday!!! YAY!!!!)
45. aftershave cream
46. tooth brush
47. powder
48. deodrant
49. kathmandu backpack
50. wallet

I do already have some or most of the things in the list, and I will keep trying to get closer and closer to fulfil this dream one day!

As for now I need to keep getting rid of all the rest!