Losing the MACHO
Two things I lost any macho on years ago. One was boots; the other was gloves.
First, I got away from leather boots in freezing weather. In sanity I went, decades ago, to insulated boots with rubber bottoms. Especially in snowy weather. For me, in freezing weather, it has to have a rubber protection, plus insulation.
The second was to leave gloves and go to hunter mittens. They are warmer on a stand. They have a slit so you can use your trigger finger when needed. They are not mittens made for first graders. And no one else cares if your hand is freezing up in a stand on a wintry day. Only you. Learned that long ago.