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I Took Cold Showers EVERY DAY For 30 Days — Here’s What Happened

Any benefits?

Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
ILLUMINATION
7 min readJan 11, 2025

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Let’s start with a punch line.

If you think you have a big comfort Zone. Try taking cold showers. Unknown

Taking a cold shower every morning is a part of my 30-day challenge to develop small, sustainable, healthy, and productive habits.

I have completed many 30-day challenges, including cold showers for a few months/years.

I live on an Island in Canada, a cold country, as you may know. I am a huge fan of the outdoors, so I chose to live in the mountains, a tiny hill station that is great for hiking.

I’m in my mid-30s, and I’ve been hearing stories about the benefits of cold showers for decades.

When I first decided to try cold showers, I was full of doubts.

What am I doing?

Why would anyone willingly do this torture?

But I’d heard so much about the benefits. I was curious.

The idea was simple — take a cold shower every day for 30 days and see what happens.

I expected the icy water to be shocking, but what I didn’t expect was how much it would teach me.

Resilience

Fear

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Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
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Written by Sufyan Maan, M.Eng

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