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The Guardian - Life & Style • Feb. 10, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
My week of only using cash: could a return to notes and coins change my life?
After a reckless shopping spree, I ditched contactless payments and bank cards to see how far £200 cash in hand would get me – and if I could improve my spending habits If I’m lucky, I can just about squeeze a £20 note into the back of my phone case, which holds the device I reflexively tap to pay for almost everything. But this week was different.
After a reckless coffee-and-clothing spending spree made a mighty dent in my bank account, I decided I needed to take action. Self-control was one option, but another more drastic route was blunt-force restriction.
I would ditch contactless payments, along with debit and credit cards. Instead, I would spend a week relying solely on cash.
After a reckless coffee-and-clothing spending spree made a mighty dent in my bank account, I decided I needed to take action. Self-control was one option, but another more drastic route was blunt-force restriction.
I would ditch contactless payments, along with debit and credit cards. Instead, I would spend a week relying solely on cash.
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