Driving With Wallets

[seldomawake]

No, this isn't a rant about how I'd like to spend several hundred thousand dollars (daily!) on a car. Instead, I'm going to discuss the humble wallet

Comments

[coleoptera]

Really, part of your problem was willingly choosing to put it on one side of your body in a place that would cause some issue when walking or sitting. This issue is hidden somewhat with the larger mens pants and pockets, but I assured you, as a women who has found the need to store a largish wallet in said back pockets, it was immediately apparent, and indeed very irritating. Part of the solution is to cut way down on the crap one carries with them--if you go through the wallet every month, you'll realize how much is just silly to have directly on your person (rather than at home, in your car, a briefcase, etc) instead.

Also, I might recommend a couple sessions with a chiropractor to speed your recovery along. Unnecessary pain is just that--unnecessary.

[tinaea]

I second the chiropractor suggestion. With about 15 to 20 sessions, I basically alleviated back problems I'd been having since I was in middle school.

Congratulations, regardless!

[seldomawake]

I'll get to it in due time; ie. when I have time... :)

[zemiron]

I always put my wallet in my front pocket. Thank you for the thank you card. It was nice dude.

[ridingsloth]

You Need A Purse.

http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=31

[msbeanhead]

You actually have to watch out for the same sort of thing with purses! After all, most of them are designed to go over a single shoulder and they tend to have roomy depths for lots of stuff to weigh you down. It would be easy to carry a heavy load on one side of your body for years, getting your spine out of whack, simply by carrying the same single-shoulder bag every day. That's why backpacks (and perhaps messenger bags) make a bit more sense.

You can always rotate the items you use to alter the way you carry the load from day to day. Or am I just using this to justify my large collection of bags and shoes? After all, you can put the same strain on your feet by wearing non-supporting shoes day in and day out.

[ridingsloth]

Actually, that particular purse (the one I use) is a cross-body design (like a messenger bag), which I imagine reduces that sort of stress. Plus it has a belt-loop so you could (in theory) distribute the load even more evenly. :)

[drgnsyr]

My mom's spine actually twisted around backwards in someplaces. This wasn't entirely due to her purse, but it was considered a major contributing factor. She replaced the old purse, with one of the less pretty, but far more healthy ones that's designed to reduce that kind of strain.

[thisspacevacant]

I realized this problem at the age of 16, about a week into my life of driving. I haven't kept anything in my back pockets since. Money clip in a side pocket fixes everything. If I were you I wouldn't even keep the uber thin wallet in the back pocket, it's still plenty big enough to screw your alignment.

[niobecyane]

One of the reasons why I carry a lunchbox...even though it frequently inspires random people in public ask me "is that a lunchbox?" and I have to try really hard not to respond with something like "no, it's a nuclear submarine."

[schizobovine]

Those are the sorta urges I give in to occasionally, if only to just screw with people. I'm doing it more at work as people continue to ask silly questions.