Cold Shower Challenge Day 15
Yesterday afternoon I started feeling pretty flat. I had another good sleep but woke up feeling pretty much the same. Flat. 8am I’m up, I make Keegans Milo, popping his new fabourite show on.
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And out he runs from the bedroom all excited. That always makes me smile.
Mood lifted I dive in the shower. It feels cold, sure. It also feels good. I feel like it’s energising me from the outside in. Music and the shower lifting my mood even more so.
6 min and 15 seconds.
I’m starting to feel more “normal” and less flat. I put normal in quotation marks as….
1. My friends always say “Dude, there’s nothing normal about you” Damn straight there’s not! Normal is boring.
2. I feel “normal” for me. It’s a very subjective term, what I feel is normal for me, isn’t going to be the same as “normal” for someone else. Don’t shut down your “normal” Be more you! Every day. Be proud of you. Shine fucking bright as you!
Unless you can be Batman. Then be Batman. The world needs more Batman. Or The Punisher. Or Deadpool. I think you get what I’m saying.
Also, I really don’t like labels.
Whatever it is, it feels good and comparing it to a month ago. I would have continued spiralling from flat to…. worse. For 3, 4 days…. longer.
I have no doubt the cold showers are helping me with my mental health. It’s not a magic bullet. It’s not the only thing I’ve been doing to help my mental health.
But being able to commit and follow through on a small but challenging task in the morning, helps set the tone for the day.
I can do it.
I am doing it.
I did it.
Helps with other tasks during the day. Things I have put off, kept putting off, don’t seem as challenging or intimidating now.
I can do it.
I am doing it.
I did it.
Accomplishing something, no matter how small it is, is something to celebrate.
You can do it.
Then celebrate that shit!