How to Conquer Your Habits and Routines for Life

My unexpected conclusions after one year of cold showers.

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Spoiler alert: this article is not about cold showers!

But they are the starting point of this journey.

Experimenting Cold Showers

Around September 2018 I started taking cold showers every day.

I had experienced it before but since that time it has become a daily practice.

Following the research I had done at the time, I was expecting at least some of these alleged benefits:

• Fat loss
• Immunity system boost
• Better mood
• Better skin
• Better hair
• Better sleep
• Better muscular recovery

The main goal was to improve my immunity system while getting out of my comfort zone, “conquering” an element of Nature.

My logic was “if I can take cold showers I can more easily face the cold outside if anything ever happens…”.

Getting lost in the woods during a blizzard is not something very likely to happen to me, but you never know…