hurly burly, drudgery, vagaries, vicissitudes, pressure cooker, pressures, stresses, exigencies, challenges, grind, tribulations, travails, monotony, indignities, realities, tedium, mettle, hardships, rudiments, crucible, exertions, acclimation, privations, adversities, discomforts, perils, regimen, workload, growing pains, complexities, intricacies, chore, bustle, distractions, homesickness, ordeals, temptations, regimentation, requirements, pitfalls, stamina, tiring, setbacks, torrid, schoolwork, greenhorns, physical exertion, stage fright, jet lag, arduousness, trappings, acclimates, gantlet, fishbowl, fatigue, jetlag, durability, traumas, fatherhood, hassles, soldiering, workouts, slog, tenderfoot, endurance, boot camp, boredom, tediousness, demands, plebe, pangs, coursework, physicality, harshness, toughness, comforts, ignominy, difficulties, carbo loading, goldfish bowl, terrors, schedules, disadvantages, aches, meat grinder, studier, gauntlet, joys, strictures, struggles, horrors, neophyte, prerequisites, motherhood, acclimatization, fortitude, purgatory, tumult, doddle, sojourn, staleness, cutthroat, rigours, chills, austerities, colds, deprivations, privation, rigor, distresses, excitements, frustrations, duress

rigor