Recently, the place I was staying at lost hot water. Thus, I was compelled to take a cold shower. Horrors! From this experience I learned several fascinating things:
- It was difficult. I almost decided to just take a spritz bath at the sink after turning the water on and testing the temperature with my hand.
- I wasted much less time in the shower. Indeed, I don’t think I have ever been as productive in this regard
- I felt so much more motivated and ready to take on the day. Usually, right after I get out of the shower, I don’t feel like moving that fast and am not quite ready to focus my mind on the start of the day’s activities.
- I like the rewards that come from doing hard things. There is an awesome psychological energy that comes when we face our fears, even of small things, and break our comfort zone.
After this experience, I decided to look up online to see if anyone purposefully took cold showers. What I found is that there is even some purported health benefits to this activity. Check out this article for some more info on this.
So, I’ve decided to take cold showers regularly. I still take hot ones here and there, but most of the time I turn the water to cold or at best lukewarm-cold.
If you feel inspired to try this out for yourself, please share your sensations. I would love to hear from you.