Episode 149: "We Can Be As Good As Our Thoughts"

Lately, I have been experimenting with the cold shower challenge. It is a program to essentially get you to slowly learn how to take cold showers in order to control your breathing. I am on week 2 of the 4 week challenge. Each week adds :15 seconds to your previous week. So I am now ending my regular morning shower with :30 seconds of the coldest water setting available. I have been having my son use my phone as a timer, so I know when I am finished. Well... yesterday he decided to pull a prank on me. He paused the timer and didn't tell me. As I waited for him to tell me that I was done, I had actually stayed under longer than I had ever done before. It was a great reminder from my 7-year old son, that I was only limited by my own thoughts. When I told myself I could only do 30 seconds, that's all my mind would allow me to do. But by taking that limitation out of the way... I stayed in the cold shower long enough to beat my previous record.