Hey, it's Ben Greenfield. As you may already know, every Sunday, I'm giving you a free chapter

of my new book, FitSoul, which you can get for free at fitsoalbook.com in digital version,

and the print version is also available over there for a minor cost, just the shipping and handling

and printing costs for the book. So again, that's fitsoalbook.com. I hope you enjoy this free chapter,

and if you would like to go access previous chapters, you can find them in my podcast feed,

and you can also go to fitsoalbook.com. Chapter one, Fit for Detachment. Let's talk attachments.

The world in which I spend much of my time full of fitness junkies, exercise enthusiasts, biohackers,

and healthy living zealots tends to be pretty darn attached. Attached to our perfectly comprised

meals, pantry, and kitchen, God forbid, we swing open the refrigerator door, and not have enough

organic stevia for our superfood smoothie. Attached to our daily exercise session, so much that we

can feel guilty, unhappy, or even mildly depressed if we must take a walk in the sunshine because of a

tweaked shoulder that makes us miss the gym. Attached to that wearable that magically tells us whether

we are rested and ready for the day, or whether we had a bad night of sleep, no matter how we actually

feel. That doesn't lie, right? Yeah, we're the ones making a mad scramble in a hotel room to find

something to prop our feet up for our morning poop because the Marriott doesn't have squatty

potty stools, ripping sheets off the bed to make blackout curtains to remove every sliver of light

at night, and wandering around the gym looking for the vibration platform that ketone esters and the

blood flow restriction bands because that's what we need for a good workout, right? We're the ones

who go on a camping trip with 15 extra pounds of gear, our supplements, our noise blocking headphones,

our special sleeping pillow, and our miniature infrared light device. We're the ones heading out

to the restaurant with our special backup healthy sea salt and extra virgin olive oil so we can eat

just like we do back home. Perhaps you aren't part of this extreme health enthusiast world and

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