existential dread

The petrified severed finger of an elf.

I have my dogs ashes in the trunk of my car. Been there for about 5 years.

A set of lockpicks. I must admit they were much more useful in school than after. But at this point I've had some set of picks in my pocket for more than half my life so I doubt I'll stop anytime soon.

That weight

Its not exactly everyday, but I keep a ham radio in my work pack. So most days of the week I have it on me.

Glock 43

My hopes and dreams that have died over the years.

This piece of technology that allows me to access unfathomable amounts of information, talk to nearly anyone in the world with the push on a piece of glass, direct me to places I have no idea how to get to, teach me a language, play games, get instructional videos on just about anything, take pictures, and argue with people. And it's smaller than a block of butter.

Not wild, but:

Emotional baggage from pre-2015.

a bit of tritium, bike pump (in my backpack instead of on the bike), waterproof pants

I have this contraption of belts and buckles and stuff that holds my retractable dog leash and wallet and keys. The dog leash because walking the dog is something I always do multiple times a day. I don't bother removing the dog leash so I look like a wierdo to everyone but I don't care.

A small red USB that I'm unsure of where it came from. It only has about 8gb of storage, but all of my writings from the past 10+ years are on this thing. I've tried getting new USBs with more space, but I can't seem to find one that works as efficiently as this tiny thing. And because I carry it with me basically all of the time, it's accidentally been thrown in the washing machine and dryer at least a dozen times, and has suffered no damage at all.

A dollar bill folded into a tiny shirt.

A classmate folded it into a tiny shirt 20+ years ago, I put it in my wallet (which I generally have on my person every day) and I often forget about it. It hides behind my ID so I only remember I have it when I get a new ID.

It's not that wild, but I have a tiny folding knife on my keychain. It's whatever the smallest Spyderco is, IIRC a Bee.

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Honeybee. 1.6" blade. Probably overpriced, but eh.

The great majority of tasks that I need a blade for can be handled by a tiny one. Carrrying a tiny one on a keychain makes it way less hassle to lug around. Having a dedicated knife means that if I'm flying, I can take the knife off and keep the tiny bladeless keychain multitool that I also carry on the keychain.

EDIT: No, sorry, it's a Bug. 1.27" blade. The Honeybee is larger.

Regret

A joker card

An unstable psyche, a Yubikey, a 32GB Sandisk USB C/A drive, a 5000 mAh charger, a pair of in ear headphones worth $1500. I'm not crazy.

I always carry my library card. Never know when you might need to get a book out.

Now, likely my Leatherman. It is kind of boring, but it gets a lot more reactions than you'd think.

Before, certification that I would walk the tracks with a flagman for a local mass transit system.

An xteink x3 with a lotta Marxist books on it

A 1MB stick of RAM (30-pin SIMM) from my first computer.

I used to hold a superstition that if a random card, like playing card, is found without any other of its deck in sight it is in some way significant or lucky so I would carry the card around until it literally disintegrated, up my sleeve if able. I held on to a 9 of diamonds and a 4 of clubs for more than a year each growing up. Haven't found one since

Balloons and bubbles

A library or my Skeletool CX with bit set.

An unchecked lottery ticket. I would rather not know and pretend its the winner, than know I'm holding nothing.

Protection crystals.. gets carried along with the phone, keys and wallet

a length of bicycle chain

An atlas of my local area and a compass. Never know when you might need one.

Couple of beanie babies on my backpack