For me showering means standing in a windowless room staring at a blank wall for 20 minutes (I get lost in my thoughts). Also there are several steps and I have to think about each of them.
This means that I only end up showering when my fear of coming across as dirty becomes bigger than the dread of being bored.
What do you do?
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I usually touch my genitals to spice things up.
I just enjoy the quiet mmoment in the shower. I noticed that i take on alot of stimulation lately even when really, I dont need it. Its become a habit I have to unlearn. It start with the shower.
Music is my go to. Set my phone down and put a playlist on. I’m not quick at showering so if I didn’t use music I’d only half ass cleaning myself.
Set a stop watch and speedrun it
Ooh, good idea!
I find gamifying a good way to keep my focus. Speedrunning in particular
this could be a double edged sword - do not go for shampoo skip the timesave is not worth
Think of it like a chrckpoint
Shower: verb
wash oneself in a shower.
Hmm
Wash: verb
clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.
Looks like 100% actually requires washing, but we could theoretically cut down an any% run to a few seconds.
shower tas incoming
Literally sprinting through a car wash
Speedrun
I let the intrusive thoughts win and hung my ceiling nightlight thing from the inside shower curtain and shower with the lights off. I find it more calming–not that I found found showers not relaxing before but feels like I’m shutting out the outside world more and that I find more relaxing.
I also have some of those bone conducting headphones that are waterproof so I listen to podcasts while I shower as well.
Wash… You dirty bastard
That’s why I made the post
I guess you could stick a checklist to the wall to keep yourself on track
Think up an entire story from start to finish. Before you know it you’re done.
People have said this, but a playlist. I put on music I’m familiar with that is upbeat. I figure each song is around 3 minutes, so when the song changes I’m like oh yeah, get to business, that’s three more minutes that have gone by! Bonus if you play the same playlist so you know “usually I’m rinsing my hair out by this song! I’ve got to hurry up!”
Invite the neighbors.
Invite urself ;) cache my drift
what’s the timeout on this cache i don’t want to be drifting all night
Nothing wrong with a weekly shower in some conditions.
A good podcast or TV show might help.
Waterproof Bluetooth speaker.
I second this. I have one that hangs on one of the shower curtain hooks, and I even got a little suction cup basket to set my phone in, in case I need to change songs or something. Works like a charm.
I put on some cool music and dance (safely) in the shower
Great music definitely breaks up the monotony of a shower.
You can reduce the time there by making the water colder. You can also approach the experience as a sequence of steps and work out how you can wash every single part of your body in the least amount of steps.
For example, is it quicker to get all wet, turn off the shower, lather up your body, then rinse it all off in one go, or is it more efficient to do it from top to bottom, one body part at a time?
What’s the fastest you’ve been able to go from sleeping to walking out the door having had a full shower?
Finally, you should probably have a shower once a day if you’re around other people or if you get visitors. You might not smell anything, but they definitely will.
Finally, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with zoning out in the shower. Some days you luxuriate in the experience, some days you don’t.
Good luck!
This for me. I have the moves choreographed and timed, and every shower is a step by step play of the sequence. I just repeat the ritual. I’m not the quickest (it takes about 8 minutes from entering to exiting the bathroom) because I’m paranoid about not cleaning thoroughly.
