• To increase appreciation and enjoyment of the things that we normally enjoy.

• To be prepared for future hardship, which is all but a certainty.

Set yourself a period of some days in which you will be content with very small amounts of food, and the cheapest kind, with coarse clothing, and say to yourself 'is this what I was afraid of?'

• To take a break from normal routine, and reinvigorate the mind while exercising and reinforcing our freedom.

• To empathise with less fortunate people.

• To discover what we can do without, and reduce the fear of losing these things.

• To practice self discipline.

• To better reflect upon our true goals, or to work towards them.

• To understand that the greater part of our suffering lies not in fact, but in our attitude towards it.

The Stoics greatly valued hardship, they routinely practiced poverty or put themselves through mild hardship.

Benefits Of Self Imposed Hardship: