Ask HN: How do you guys develop mental toughness?

Post by c1sc0 » Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 5:41 PM UTC

dopeboy wrote: post #33

cperciva wrote: post #26

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- Take a flight to a random foreign country where you don't know the local language, and where most people don't know English. No hotel reservations in advance, no laptop, no smartphone, minimal budget. Figure out how to survive and visit the city's major landmarks over the following 5 days. Bonus points if it's a developing country This could result in you being more than just psychologically uncomfortable. Tourists…

Yes on the visa point - can't be totally random. The rest you can. I'm about to embark on a 3 week trip through south east asia. Aside from my liveaboard where I'll be living on a boat and diving (which I have to book in advance), I haven't booked a single accommodation. It can be done; hostels all the way.