Madeline’s Reviews > The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self > Status Update

“Masogi is not about physical accomplishment. It asks, what are you willing to put yourself through mentally and spiritually to be a better human?”

Really not enjoying segment on hunting and “being part of the ecosystem.” You’re inherently not part of it, on your white man geared out ATV hunting expedition. Maybe if you lived there, contributed to the land’s wellbeing, etc. but nah. And hunting a black bear?? Give me a break. “Zen monks meditate for 10 years to experience what I felt while hunting” WHY are men…. Just why are men

2/2 When I arrived home from work, I filled my face with no effort highly caloric foods that came from lord knows where. Then I plopped down on my overstuffed sofa to binge on television streamed down from outer space. I rarely, if ever, felt the sensation of discomfort.”

1/2 “I was comfortable quite literally every single moment. I awoke in a soft bed in a temperature controlled home. I commuted to work in a pick-up with all of the conveniences of a luxury sedan. I killed any semblance of boredom with my smart phone. I sat in an ergonomic desk chair, staring at a screen all day, working with my mind and not my body.

Maybe I’m too crazy to read this book because I’m 4 pages in and I’m ready to pack my bags and go camping this evening… it’s Wednesday… but also… why not?