I almost never wear shoes.
Let me explain. 8 months a year I wear snow boots outside and nothing or warm socks inside. The few glorious months of no snow I am barefoot every single chance I get. I only begrudgingly wear sandals where mandated by law. (The only month it hasn't snowed in historically is July.)
A long time ago, in my youth, I spent a year backpacking from the middle east,
through a bit of North Africa, around the Med, then up
through Europe to Holland. All with no shoes. My calluses WERE shoes! I walked though broken glass, melting tar, and gravel. I could put out my ciggys on my feet. I wore DIY foot-thongs when I had to fake wearing shoes.
Ah. Those were the days.
Onawa
PS. I still baby my calluses