I never been a morning guy, am not currently and probably never become one so you can only imagine that my mornings are the same as a snails walk. It takes me about half an hour to come to "reality" everyday and it seems that I'm not the only one in that position, thus I will share with you a life hack for this kind of mornings that I've been sunig for some time.
For about a year I tried to "fight" these mornings with coffee and it kind of worked. Kind of, because I haven't felt energized and "alive" the minute I drank it so its effects started to show up almost when I was close to work and only last for maximum an hour. If I hadn't faced some healthy problems I would probably continue with the well known coffee booster in the morning, but fortunately I can't anymore.
I said fortunately, because I'm not a believer in coffee on the long run as it is somehow of a drug that in time asks for higher dosage, BUT I tried that too. Coming back to "sleepy mornings" I have to say that I found another trick to boost my...everything in the morning and that's cold showers.
I heard about them from Wim Hof who has some videos on youtube about the power of the cold on our health and overall well being and in one of them he talked extensively about these cold showers that for me seem the most accessible, cheap and efficient coffee replacement at the time. Cold showers are just one ingredient from Wim's method that I borrowed, but there are some other "cold hacks" that you can check if you care about your well being and health and not scared of facing directly low temperatures.
Coming back to cold showers I will admit that they're not always 100% cold in my case, as in winter there is enough cold outside to wake me up and the water is also pretty poor in degrees Celsius when it comes on the pipe, but the temperature of the water in my showers is in that season also pretty low. In the summer though taking a cold shower in the morning is my perfect booster and the best "coffee" I can get.
I don't remember exactly the details about what cold water does with our bodies and brains, but it wakes me up like nothing else and it's not a just one hour booster like coffee.It is though almost as addictive as coffee. I usually shower for about three minutes every morning and using cold water I don't see "the point" anymore to sing in the shower and spend there like half an hour. But after these three minutes I really feel more alive, full of energy and confidence and I wouldn't go back to coffee ever. Or RedBull which I even can't stand the scent anymore.
If you are like myself, a snail in the morning, feel free to try a cold shower every morning. It doesn't has to be 100% cold water from day one as you can gradually decrease waters temperature as you get used with such showers and I wouldn't advise you either to do that when having a flu or a cold, but it might keep you away from them once you made these cold showers a daily habit. They say that you also develop a strong immune system when you shower with cold water.
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