People go through phases. I am a full time SAHD now and rarely hop on my bike. Family time is more important to me, especially since I homeschool. For a couple years, though, I was one of the most hardcore bikers on the forum. I biked down to -40, biked in 6”+ snowstorms, all of that.
I call bullshit on the frugality=environmentalism angle that a lot of y’all are claiming here. Resisting consumerism when it comes to gadgets? Absolutely that is better for the planet. There’s a big BUT coming, though, in that absolute frugality with food is incredibly damaging to the environment. I have become deeply immersed in learning about regenerative farming practices and so much of our cheap calorie food system is grossly unsustainable. It might even worse than the environmental damage from cheap plastic crap from China, but both are bad.
I bring this up to illustrate the point that sometimes spending more is the more sustainable option. The super cheap grocery budgets many hardcore MMMers have create an awful lot of damage around through globe, just like consumer sukkas who spend $$$$$
So don’t feel holier than thou, you have flaws too. I’m not saying I’m the greatest either. I currently spend money on food and goods I’m not 100% in favor of as well, because I’m trying to balance the higher priorities, including not having my wife work forever at a high stress job.