A mostly interesting and useful book. If you need a little push to help you out of your comfort zone then reading this book might well help. I found it readable but there’s nothing I hadn’t read anywhere else and no real originality.

Excellent, inspirational book of 43 small and big challenges to get out of your comfort zone. Easy to read not too long. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

A fun read, covering the author’s coping strategies for anxiety. Some of them are a bit extreme, but there are sound principles of CBT and mindfulness at work here which can be useful.

This is a great guide for mindfulness and being aware of those uncomfortable feelings and acknowledge them. There is ton of useful advice in here. The author's own experience with anxiety make this more relatable.

A book designed to help overcome stressful or anxious situations, by guiding the reader through challenges which will take some effort to manage and thereby help deal with anxiety. Some of the challenges are unlikely to be achieved, however some smaller ones such as talking to a stranger or public speaking are dealt with too.

This book is probably best read in it’s physical form so that notes may be made when the exercises are undertaken, and chapters flipped to easily. The help has it’s basis in CBT, and the brief history of philosophy and stoicism at the start is interesting.

I think that this book will be helpful to those looking for a guide to overcoming anxiety and fear in certain situations.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Watkins for the arc

I really like the idea behind this book and of throwing oneself into uncomfortable situations. Will make a great reference to refer back to. I've started on a couple of challenges and there will be more to try. It's a case of your mileage may vary, not all challenges will be practical to everyone. A great reference for ideas to refer to when stuck in a rut or looking to challenge yourself and push some boundaries.

A great book.
Books similar to How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
usually, start the same. The writer has an experience which leads to an epiphany of what is wrong with them and decides to write a book telling us how they fixed everything with one simple thing. This usually leads to the website, the expensive diary, logbook or journal which can be purchased from them at a reasonable price.
The difference with Ben Aldrridge's book is that even though he did have a life-changing event, he isn't trying to sell you anything other than advice on the different types of philosophy and psychology he thinks you will be interested in, as well as informing us of the multiple challenges he set himself and ones you can set yourself. And that is what makes this book so good.
A fun read with some interesting challenges, especially the queue challenge which made me smile. The only downside is the advocating of altitude masks to challenge yourself during fitness training.

While the the book was marketed as a compilation of activities one could do to exercise their mental strength, Ben Aldrridge provides an introduction of his journey of dealing with anxiety and briefly introduces some philosophies like Stoicism and Buddhism. It was really engaging and prepped me to read all the challenges that he did on his own.

The book was an easy read and provided a lot of inspirations to what I could do at home for self improvement and to practice my own form of stoicism.

It was a nice read and I definitely recommend to those who are looking for some challenges, whether it be mentally or physically. I think it will also provide some nice activities to do while passing quarantine 🙂

This book is sa uper fun and introspective read! The opening sections of this book dive into foundational Stoicism and Buddism. I didn't know this book covered these topics when I chose it but was pleasantly surprised. Stoicism is especially on the rise in popularity, so I think this would be an interesting book for those looking to learn some basic concepts of the philosophy.

The book then covers various "challenges" the author suggests the reader try out to test their ability to cope with being uncomfortable. These sections are clearly identified by sections such as what the challenge is, cost, time commitment, difficulty (on a scale of 1-10), and ways to make it even more challenging. These sections of the book are quick to read because of the helpful layout and cover very interesting ideas. Some challenges are things like taking a cold shower, eating unfamiliar foods, and sleeping in a bivy.

The author's prose is engaging and humorous. I would definitely recommend this book to someone recently graduating from school or a young adult looking to challenge themselves out of a rut.

A very quick read. I loved the idea of the challenges and will be trying a few myself. I was already aware of CBT and some of the other ideas in the book.

So this book I think was meant to empower people to stop being and also using the feeling of being uncomfortable as a motivator. I enjoyed the idea of many of the challenges but a few of them were far out there and nonsensical for the kind of world we all live in today. The good take away with this was that again it is a self help book and give you (the reader/shy/uncomfortable) a sense of comfort that it is ok to be uncomfortable in scary situations like public speaking; but to use that fear an knock it on its head and be like "I am done with you, fear."

There were some preachy parts like many self-help books, but you can use as much of the advice or as little as you want. Same goes for the challenges. This was one of the better self-help books on this topic, so I would recommend it.

Thanks to NetGalley, Ben Aldridge, and Watkins Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Available on: 6/9/2020

An excellent guide to modern stoicism and mindfulness. I love the exercises provided and the clear and simple explanations for how to apply these principles to your life.

I enjoyed this book, kind of reminded me a little bit of ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’. The only criticism I have is that Picking a lock is really not a sensible idea of a skill, under the current crazy world we live in!

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

This was an interesting enough read! I do not think that I will be doing any of his proposed challenges any time soon, but it was fun to flip through and read! I enjoyed this book and his journey was very inspirational to be sure. I would recommend this for people that feel that they are in a rut and need to change up their lives a bit! :)