Help me unlock this box?

[Keyhelp]

I've got a little locked deposit box that I've lost the key for. It was a gift when I was a student, with much needed cash in it! Nearly 2 decades later (how?!) I'm doing a clear out, found it in my desk drawer, but no key to be seen. Can't hear any cash in it but I can see paper through the slot. I'm just curious about what student me kept in there!

How do I get in? It's a cheapo lock for sure but I've never picked a lock! Do they sell replacement keys? eg I have two different lockable units from IKEA that both work on the same key! Not very secure! I can't see a brand, annoyingly.

Screwdriver & prize the lid up/ off.

Sledgehammer

Bolt cutters or a hammer. Maybe a local independent Locksmith?

Screwdriver in the lock and hit top of screwdriver with a big hammer

Force it if it's a cheapo.

I have one of these at work, a paper clip has been known to do the trick.

Come back OP. I need to know what was in it???? Don't leave me hanging!

Sledgehammer sounds like fun

Sorry only just got around to trying the paper clip. Just half unrolled it, jiggled it about and it opened. Can't believe how quickly! Kind of a pointless lock.

Inside... Rizlas, phone numbers, websites, a terrible poem I wrote about splitting up with my long term boyfriend and an equally terrible poem a very illicit fwb at the time wrote about me. I'd forgotten about both poems. I now feel like a visitor from the future, zooming back to tell 20 something me that she's not going to make it as a poet!

Thank you for updating. I can rest easy now!!