Quite the contrary. I was out in the forests all last summer (over 2 solid months) exploring forest roads, camping, fishing and doing work at night via starlink

Quite the contrary. I was out in the forests all last summer (over 2 solid months) exploring forest roads, camping, fishing and doing work at night via starlink. I haven't experienced that much life in a long time. Made for some fun and comical work zoom calls with my fishing pole in the background. It's funny, and odd, you categorize it as "hording," as if there is some social contractual obligation to spend money on stuff you don't really need. I haven't been this active since my 20's and if I had to estimate, my quality of life has increased 10x. As it turns out, if you cut out stuff you don't need, you have a lot more time and resources for the things you actually want and enjoy doing.