After being here a month, I have taken only cold showers until about 3 days ago, when I finally used one of my shower coins and basked in the warm water a bit. I had kind of a tough day that day, and it has been getting cooler, anyway, so it was a needful, comfortable, and good thing.
The weather warmed up again, so I am back to cold showers for now, which also feel good to me. For one thing, they remind me of camping at the ocean, which I really like. For another, they make me use a lot less water as I just use it as needed and shut it off in between. I also like the invigorated feeling I get from showering in the cool water. I wouldn't like it if the cold water just showered down all over me everywhere, but the shower head is a hand held one, so that makes this do-able for me.
I'm not crazy enough to do this into the winter, though I know some people advocate it for good health, but it has become part of my unique experience here. I think I tried it at first to see if I could deal with it enough to save from having to buy shower coins until winter, but actually it has proven to be something that has changed my way of thinking about things having to be a certain way.
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