Quitting the gym isn’t something I expected to do this year.

I’ve had a gym membership for years. My interest and enthusiasm for going to the gym has ebbed and flowed during that time, but even during the lulls, the charge stayed in our budget.

You’ll go back eventually, I told myself. For years, I used that logic to justify continuing to spend money on my membership.

It’s only been over the last few months that I started seriously reconsidering.

Here’s why I finally decided quitting the gym was the right call — and what I’m doing instead.