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The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter
3.75
This probably wouldn't have been a book on my radar ... I'm mostly a fiction gal, and have been trying to include more nonfiction, but usually still "stories" (memoirs or historical biographies or informational presentations)... NOT self-help. But my son enjoyed this and gave me the hardcopy for my birthday (during NonFiction November) and Hubs had purchased it on Audible. I like to have multiple formats ... so as soon as I was able to get a Kindle copy, I gave it a go.
It was easier to listen to than I expected (for a self-help book). I had a few connections ... The experiencing the outdoors, the basic ideas of pushing oneself, and the way the author started with a first person/present tense IN the experience then shifting to past tense and other situations reminded me of [book:The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits|33155369]. I've also read Into Thin Air (another reporter writing for a magazine, going on a physical experience, and Everest is mentioned specifically in this book too). SLC/Utah was talked about. Part 3, about hunger/body weight didn't say "intermittent fasting" but definitely talked a lot about the idea. Ironically, I just started up with that and counting calories and going hungry as November started up. Part 5: Carry the Load was interesting as Hubs and #1 son have gotten into rucking.
So basically, this had the five parts
1) Make it Really Hard
2) Rediscover Boredem
3) Feel Hunger (I'm hungry right now!!)
4) Think about your Death Every Day
5) Carry the Load
Each part had a few chapters (21 chapters in all, plus an epilogue).
There was some good and interesting stuff ... some just reaffirming what I already know or feel. The body weight chapter reminded me of the NOOM method, which I tried out (it encouraged members to eat food that was filling, limit the calorie dense). I'm NOT big on discomfort or pushing myself. Reading some of the other reviews ... I have to agree about the irony of this rich/privileged man "pushing" his boredom and discomfort limits by taking a month for this adventure. How many people have the money/time/connections to do that? It just sets a bit of an odd precedence.
The tag line ... "Embrace discomfort to reclaim your wild, happy, healthy self" ... was I ever wild? At times happy(ish), healthy(ish) but I don't know that it's something I can "reclaim" ...
ProFanity x11 ... it felt like more to me, I'm surprised the Kindle count was that low ;)
It was easier to listen to than I expected (for a self-help book). I had a few connections ... The experiencing the outdoors, the basic ideas of pushing oneself, and the way the author started with a first person/present tense IN the experience then shifting to past tense and other situations reminded me of [book:The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits|33155369]. I've also read Into Thin Air (another reporter writing for a magazine, going on a physical experience, and Everest is mentioned specifically in this book too). SLC/Utah was talked about. Part 3, about hunger/body weight didn't say "intermittent fasting" but definitely talked a lot about the idea. Ironically, I just started up with that and counting calories and going hungry as November started up. Part 5: Carry the Load was interesting as Hubs and #1 son have gotten into rucking.
So basically, this had the five parts
1) Make it Really Hard
2) Rediscover Boredem
3) Feel Hunger (I'm hungry right now!!)
4) Think about your Death Every Day
5) Carry the Load
Each part had a few chapters (21 chapters in all, plus an epilogue).
There was some good and interesting stuff ... some just reaffirming what I already know or feel. The body weight chapter reminded me of the NOOM method, which I tried out (it encouraged members to eat food that was filling, limit the calorie dense). I'm NOT big on discomfort or pushing myself. Reading some of the other reviews ... I have to agree about the irony of this rich/privileged man "pushing" his boredom and discomfort limits by taking a month for this adventure. How many people have the money/time/connections to do that? It just sets a bit of an odd precedence.
The tag line ... "Embrace discomfort to reclaim your wild, happy, healthy self" ... was I ever wild? At times happy(ish), healthy(ish) but I don't know that it's something I can "reclaim" ...
ProFanity x11 ... it felt like more to me, I'm surprised the Kindle count was that low ;)