Summers are hot. Winters are cold. Get used to it!

Modern Man doesn't want to adapt to his environment. He thinks it is much better to do the exact opposite: adapt everything else to suit his own decadent wants. One of the most obvious examples? Space heating and space cooling technology.

Why are people so sissified when it comes to the range of temperatures in which they feel comfortable? Because they can heat or cool their living spaces whenever they feel like it. And, since they can, they do.

I'm sure you're familiar with the expression "room temperature". Such an expression could only be coined by a society that believes that living spaces should be kept at about the same temperature at all times - day or night, summer or winter. That expression alone shows the whole depth of the problem. We are warm-blooded creatures that behave like cold-blooded ones.

But, alas, excessive comfort breeds weakness.

And to think all our bodies need to adapt to practically anything is a small amount of stimulation. Your comfort zone widens every time you step out of it. This is especially true when it comes to adapting to a wide range of temperatures.

I started building up my resistance to cold this winter (I will write about that in more detail later). What I soon realized is you don't need more than one light layer of clothing when going out, even if the temperature is significantly below 0 °C. Just move around and don't stay out for hours until you've trained yourself for that. My light clothing was attracting some attention, but I didn't get sick or anything. Like an ice bath, it's only cold for the first few minutes. And, after a couple of days of doing this, my unheated living space felt much warmer than before.

As for summers, I never liked air conditioners. It's not that I get headaches from them, like some people do. I just don't like the weird feeling of artificial freshness. So I know from experience how easy it is to adapt to a hot summer in just a few days. While the people around you are still complaining about the heat and the occasional headache, you'll be just fine. You won't even sweat much anymore.

So why deny yourself a chance for growth? Why waste money on needlessly spent energy? Extremely cold? Put on more clothing. Simple as that. Extremely hot? Take a healthy ice bath. You probably won't be hot for the rest of the day.