The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self Hardcover – May 11, 2021

I enjoyed every aspect of this book, from the main Alaskan hunting narrative to all of the investigative and research-based "side quests" along the way. The book unintentionally prompted a deep reflection of my own comforts, resiliency, and opportunities for improvement. I found the insights around diet and climate comforts to be profound. The author is very personable and approachable in his style and sharing of his own personal journeys.

I feel like a lot of people are looking for sources of finding meaning and learning legitimate life lessons after the pandemic, and this is one. Connecting with nature and understanding human history helped me reconnect with what I want to prioritize. Great book.

Easter has a knack for bringing up the important questions, and facing them head on. He does wide-ranging research to find world class experts on what he wants to know. This is a very interesting book, but it’s framed around his feeling of being too comfortable, and challenging that with an expensive arctic hunting expedition. I can’t help but feel he would have learned more about comfort and challenge if he had spent that time volunteering to help other folks instead of killing an arctic caribou.

The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is a thought-provoking, inspiring read that challenges us to rethink our daily routines and comfort zones. Easter dives into how our modern, convenient lifestyles can lead to stagnation and unhappiness, and he provides a refreshing perspective on the value of embracing discomfort to unlock our true potential. I really like the "misogi challenge" that is mentioned in the book as something that you grow as a result of doing it but its unmeasured or trainable in nature.Overall, The Comfort Crisis is an inspiring read for anyone looking to challenge themselves, find deeper purpose, and reclaim a sense of adventure. It’s a powerful reminder that sometimes, growth starts just outside our comfort zones. It does not come off overtly "Bro'ish" and is a well designed book that gives new perspective to daily norms

This book reads well for Fuddy Daddy's like me. It's a kick in the ass for those who need it, or a validation for those who took the road less traveled by. The hard way is often the best way if you have the guts to try it. What does that mean? That means having a plan, discipline, courage and balls bigger than the ones that dangle. If you fail, fail spectacularly. Big whup. Get out and enjoy nature. Walks for the sake of walks; hikes for that same reason. Nature and sustained efforts in it come back to you ten fold. This book will convince you of that.

Quite frankly, one of the best books I have ever read. I was moved by the experiences shared and identified incredibly with the writer’s perspective on modern life and my place in this world.

This book was recommended by a friend, it isn't the kind of book that I normally read. Often, when I read nonfiction I read a chapter or so at a time and mix it in with some fiction that holds my interest a little better. The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, however, grabbed me just like good fiction does. I didn't want to put it down after just one chapter, but instead just kept on going.Lots of good research and information on the importance of spending real time in nature, the benefits of boredom now and evolutionarily, hunger, recognizing impermanence and acknowledging the reality of death, evolutionary biology and how the way humans evolved still effects us, and the benefits of exercise and what kind of exercise is best. Overarching all of this is the idea that humans evolved to live in discomfort and how the comfort that we experience in our modern society is making us sick.I found the whole thing fascinating and will be turning in my library copy of this book and ordering a hardcopy for myself so I can reread it and make notes. Thought-provoking and informative, while still being entertaining. 5 solid stars

This book is full of useful wisdom that will affect you're approach to life and what you think will make you happy. The section on how much food we really eat and being comfortable with hunger enabled me to lose 20lbs. Get the book!