Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Comfort has a cost that rarely shows up on the receipt. Every convenience you take on has to be paid for, maintained, protected and thought about, and the attention it absorbs is attention you no longer have for anything else. What looks like ease often turns out to be one more thing holding you in place.

Pick one comfort you assume is necessary and go a week without it. Notice whether what you lose is real or only habit. Most of what you keep, you keep because letting go was never considered.