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Tag Archives: cold shower
A Clean Energy Bump
My alarm is set for 5:43 am every week day. I get up then and take a cold shower. That wakes me up! After 60 seconds of cold, I towel off and feel ready to tackle my day, knowing that … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient greeks, chronic depression, cold shower, hot bath, public baths, scandinavians
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Building Self-Control One Cold Shower At A Time
For the past two years, I’ve been getting started every morning with a cold shower. For the first few months, I really hated it, and dreaded it. Now that I’ve accustomed myself to the shock, it’s not so bad. It … Continue reading
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Tagged cold shower, morning routine, natural inclinations, self control, shock
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I Love My CPAP Machine
More than anything, I think my CPAP machine has dramatically improved my life over the past three months. A doctor prescribed it to me to help with my sleep apnea (which I only discovered at the end of 2010). I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 years, cold shower, cpap machine, mfa, oxygen deprivation, sleep apnea
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How Did I Get In This Position?
All the air went out of my tires tonight when I realized… This happens to me over and over again. I have to believe I have a backstop so that I can go out and do what I want. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged backstops, chronic fatigue syndrome, cold shower, goofing off, marriage and family, responsible choices
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Cold Showers
I get up every weekday at 5:56 a.m. when my alarm sounds and I stumble into the shower and turn on a stream of cold water for 60 seconds (70 seconds when I am feeling particularly hardy). As I stood … Continue reading
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Tagged alarm sounds, cold shower, cold showers, days of awe, iniquities, leafblower, reform rabbi, water cascade, wickedness
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The Combo
Friday night, the rabbi said the class on Hasidut would begin at 8 a.m. He didn’t want to look like a dick and show up on time, so he strolled up in his best undertaker suit at 8:15 a.m. and … Continue reading
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Tagged cold shower, daf yomi, energy drink, herbal tea, shabbos morning, shul
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How Do You Get Out Of A Bad Mood?
Dennis Prager on his radio show today: If you are in a bad mood, people have to walk on eggshells around you because they are thinking, if I say this, will it provoke an angry response? People clam up. If … Continue reading
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Tagged angry response, bad moods, cold shower, Dennis Prager, eggshells
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
I was talking to a girl motzi Shabbos. She wanted to break up. She said we had no future together. Afterwards, I went to take a cold shower. I noticed my chest was covered in red welts. For the past … Continue reading
Guru Singh Is Tougher Than The Rabbis
I thought with Guru Singh I was getting cheap grace and hot babes. The last part is correct, but his prescriptions for our life are rigorous. Last night he prescribed starting the day around 3 am with a hearty vomit, … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap grace, cold shower, hot babes, Rabbis, spiritual benefit, stretching exercises
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