"In many ways, we're more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? [Author and] journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket
Rule 1: Make it really hard. Rule 2: Don't die. -- Rediscover boredom. Ideally outside. For minutes, hours, and days -- Feel hunger -- Think about your death every day -- Carry the load -- Epilogue: 81.2 years.