This Spring has been\u2026\u2026 less than ideal recently. While all\nof us are quarantined in our respected places of residence, I decided to make\nmyself more miserable. How does one do that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They take cold showers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, this week I tackled the one habit I was dreading on\ndoing the most. The relaxing steam of a warm shower with the soothing water\nrunning down your body can be the most pleasant part of a day, but this week it\nwas ripped away from me for the sake of experimentation and here is what I\nexperienced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. What was the biggest change\/effects I noticed? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve been in cold water before, but this was different. My\nbody was so conditioned to hearing the faucet turn on only to be followed by a\nnice stream of warm water. When I walked into that cold blast of water, I was\nmore awake than I have ever felt in my life. All week, I never got used to that\nfeeling of instantaneous alertness that came from being immersed in cold water.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. What were minor changes\/effects that occurred\nthroughout the week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I noticed that I was in a better mood after the shower and I\nfelt a different level of concentration for about an hour after I finished\nshowering. My showers shortened\nsignificantly to the point where I was showering in about 2-3 minute. Each\nshower became a mission to scrub down as fast as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Was this health habit enjoyable?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This habit sucked. I knew it was good for me, but I\nreallllllly hated it. It was a habit that I enjoyed the benefits of, but there\nwas no joy in the habit itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. How can this health habit sustainable in the long\nterm?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This health habit is sustainable, but you gotta be a little\ncrazy. I think a cold shower once or twice a week is doable, but I think it is\nall about familiarity. The more you do it, the better it will be. Just like waking\nup early, it is like ripping off a Band Aid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I remember when I was in South Africa water was scared due\nto a drought they were having. I always volunteered to shower last which\nnormally meant I got the cold water. Since I was there for 3 weeks, that meant\njust about 3 weeks of cold showers so I slightly knew what to expect. I still really\nhated this, but I\u2019m so glad I did it. The mental clarity after the initial\nshock of the cold blast was slightly euphoric. That feeling of alertness was\nonly thing that motivated me to keep on taking cold showers. I think I\u2019ll\nconsider taking a cold shower every now and then for that feeling of mental\npreparedness because ready or not\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Life Willkomm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This Spring has been\u2026\u2026 less than ideal recently. While all of us are quarantined in our respected places of residence, I decided to make myself more miserable. How does one do that? They take cold showers. Yes, this week I tackled the one habit I was dreading on doing the most. The relaxing steam of … Continue reading Cold Showers Bring May Flowers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8108,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1253774,33712,278],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cold-showers","tag-habits","tag-health","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/lukewillkomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}