Voluntary Discomfort Builds Grit

Voluntary discomfort involves intentionally experiencing minor hardships as training for resilience. This Stoic practice:

• Breaks the psychological attachment to comfort and convenience
• Reveals how little is actually needed for contentment
• Builds confide...

Purposefully putting yourself in uncomfortable situations can increase self-discipline and teach you to endure hardship. For example, take cold showers, sleep on the floor occasionally, or fast for a day. Physical challenges build mental calluses, so minor daily hassles won’t ove...

3. Improves emotional regulation

• It improves emotional regulation because we tend to stay distant from social services and other toxicity which helps in attaining emotional regulation and it also helps in bringing peace again in our lives.

4. Develops great...