Having paper currency as part of your EDC for when electronic payment goes down feels great until someone starts calling you unc for having a wallet. Trust me.

It took me way too long of concentrated thinking to figure out that EDC meant every day carry have associating the acronym with Electric Daisy Carnival for so long

If I leave my house, my edc flashlight is on me, and I literally have a use for it every day. I used it probably 4 different times today. It's kind of astounding how many times you could use a lil extra light real quick, even if you could sort of not need the light. Like when I was checking under my car seat today. I could sort of see under there without a light, but since I had the light right there in my pocket, I used it, and it made it way easier.

Same. I change out my EDC every few months to account for the weather. And obviously if I need to pass a security checkpoint, I'll leave some stuff at home.

One thing I haven't regretted yet is keeping spare medication in my bag. The number of times I've left the house and realized I forgot my antidepressants is frankly embarrassing.

I feel naked without my Spyderco Delica 4 and AAA light clipped in my pockets.

A small AAA pocket flashlight with a magnetic base comes in handy surprisingly often and can be clipped into a tiny jeans pocket for carrying. You can even use it from there if it's angled.

You're not going to save the day with it but it's pretty neat to have on hand. (That's pretty much as far as EDC goes for me.)