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A minute passes. I’m still standing in place, my mind wandering. I feel the cold water on my toes – I’ve gotten used to that by now. I’m not just not quite ready to step in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know I will. I also know I can turn the water off (or to warm) and stop this cold water craziness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t want to, though – I’m hooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is the 523rd day in a row that I’ve taken a cold shower (it’s a tiny habit I recommend<\/a>). It’s still tough. I still entertain the possibility of not <\/em>doing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I have <\/em>grown to look forward to it, I can’t say I enjoy it – especially that first moment, stepping in to the water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do it, then? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are good reasons <\/em>to take cold showers. There are numerous health benefits and perhaps even some financial ones (money saved on hot water?). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those aren’t what do it for me, though. There are plenty of things that I know are good to do but still don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cold shower is a choice <\/em>I am making, every day, to do a hard thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the things in life that are worth doing are hard. Taking a cold shower reminds me that I can do the hard things, whether I feel like it or enjoy it in the moment or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve had difficult days. There are days when that reminder has been exactly what I’ve needed. “Jonathan, you take cold showers, you do hard things, you’re going to be just fine.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then, it’s done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel great afterwards. I always do. I feel great physically, mentally, and emotionally. And I’m encouraged and reminded that hard things are worth doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s why I keep taking cold showers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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