Two Rules for Challenging Yourself

Follow them or die.

If you aren’t familiar with Misogi, the basic setup is this: Once a year, you pick a challenging physical task and attempt to complete it. There are only two rules to Misogi.

Rule 1: Make it really hard.

Rule 2: Don’t die.

We define Rule 1 by saying that you should have a 50/50 shot at accomplishing your Misogi. There are thousands of challenges that would qualify. Just make something up. Rule 2 is self-explanatory and mostly a tongue-in-cheek way of saying “be safe.”