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Old Sep 02, 2023, 10:24 PM
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Indeed took a shower, washed my hair and even used hair gel.
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Old Sep 05, 2023, 09:23 PM
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I hope to get a shower tomorrow!
Today was a fail.....
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Old Sep 06, 2023, 09:51 PM
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Took a shower this morning and washed my hair. Wasn't resistant to it, just observed how much time it took.
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Old Sep 08, 2023, 08:22 PM
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Took a shower and washed my hair again yesterday morning. It is getting to a point where I am simply unhappy that the whole thing takes so long but do not actively resist it.
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Old Sep 08, 2023, 08:35 PM
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I took a shower and washed my hair on sept 6.
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Old Sep 15, 2023, 10:00 PM
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September 15, after exercise:

- shower
-washed and conditioned my hair. Conditioned twice
- did not use the moisturizer

By now this all feels very pleasant and I have almost no resistance to taking a shower prior to stepping into the bathtub, but the sheet amount of time it takes!!! Maybe because I need more sleep than most people, I cannot believe that people waste that long every single day to take a shower,
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Old Sep 15, 2023, 11:18 PM
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I took a shower on sept 9-12-23....at least I think I did.
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Old Sep 17, 2023, 09:12 PM
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Took a shower and washed my hair.
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Old Sep 17, 2023, 09:29 PM
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wish I knew why I hare getting into the shower?'
how do I progress?
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Old Sep 18, 2023, 12:44 AM
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I had a ZOOM call with a friend of mine who lives in the state of Washington and who has just had his bathroom remodeled. He took the computer into the bathroom to show me the work. I was amazed. These is this shower head that is right underneath the ceiling and not coming from the wall (there is one coming from the wall, too). So you just step in and water is pouring onto from above. And no tub. I would much prefer taking such a shower than what I have here in my rental unit.
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Old Sep 26, 2023, 08:59 PM
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I had my hair colored last friday so it was shampood then.
so that makes it 5 days not washing my hair. but it has been a long time since I have bathed.Think I will go back thru the thread to see if can find a post. BRB 9-17-23, Since tomorrow is my hubbys birthday I will make myself shower, that will be 10 days with out a shower.
That is the longest time in quite a while.
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Old Sep 29, 2023, 01:34 AM
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A lot of pleasurable sink baths lately right after cardio on the treadmill, cardio with sweat dripping off my forehead.

But no full body showers.

Oh well.
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Old Sep 29, 2023, 04:15 AM
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Took one after a vigorous yoga sess this morn. Felt soo good.
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Old Oct 01, 2023, 12:43 AM
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After walking more than 5K on a treadmill, took a shower, washed my hair, and went to the symphony's opening night. What a pleasant sequence of events!
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Old Oct 01, 2023, 09:46 AM
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I had a revelation in the shower this week. Because the stupid drain runs so slowly, i turned off the water after i washed my hair and face. Then i soaped up the rest of my body - and how PLEASANT it was without all those vicious little drops attacking me relentlessy and foiling my attempts to get soapy all over! It was like, all of a sudden, i wasnt in the middle of a mad rock concert or a wartime battlefield. I could be calm. And i calmly washed my legs and feet, the bane of so many youtube and other online rants: "Wash your legs!!!" Reader, I did.
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Old Oct 04, 2023, 02:38 PM
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A shower this morning. Washed and strangled my hair. Listened to an opera which made it easier to tolerate that a shower takes so long.

Didn't moisturize afterwards but did apply sunscreen to face, neck, decolletage and hands.
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Old Oct 04, 2023, 09:15 PM
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took a shower yesterday, tuesday.
My hair already looks bad.oh well.
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Old Oct 04, 2023, 11:11 PM
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Did one hour of walking on the treadmill this evening. Not fast, at 2.6 mph, but still sweated a lot. Considered taking a shower but decided against taking a 2nd shower in one day. No, I will limit it to a sink bath and wash my face with a gentle cleanser after taking off eye makeup.
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Old Oct 07, 2023, 01:34 AM
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A quick shower after yoga dance this evening, was sweaty. Did not wash my hair. Feeling refreshed.
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Old Oct 07, 2023, 11:37 PM
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I think I am onto something, a solution to this problem.

Next to the little gym inside the clubhouse at the complex where I do cardio, there is a shower. I took a shower there once and I liked it better than taking a shower at home. Maybe because as a new place, it does not come with baggage and negative associations unlike at home, maybe because it is pleasant to hop into a shower straight after exercise while sweat is still warm, and maybe because at home I have a regular shower over tub and at the clubhouse there is a shower stall with a surface on which it is much more convenient to wash feet and legs (yes Unaluna! I want to also say to my reader that I have washed them).

So now I am putting together a gym bag with shower supplies, slippers, a towel and I will need some sort of a clean warm robe to walk back to my unit... have to figure this part out still.

Optimistic that this might be it for me.
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Old Oct 08, 2023, 09:42 PM
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This is great tart!
what ever works for you!
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Old Oct 10, 2023, 10:23 PM
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Took a shower today and washed my hair, I did not
use enough hair spray so it all fell into my face.I had to constantly
push my hair behind my ears.
sigh
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Old Oct 27, 2023, 10:27 PM
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Took a shower and wash my hair. one week not bad. Ladies in the oldest days only took showers once a week. And It was hot and full of hard work. I don't think they had deodorant back then.
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Old Nov 07, 2023, 12:30 AM
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I took a shower and washed my hair on sunday 11-5-23. It had been 10 days.
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Old Nov 08, 2023, 08:43 PM
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Waiting until I exercise to the point of sweat dripping to take a shower. Until then, sink baths for me.
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