To Shower or Not To Shower

 

 

To shower or not to shower, that is the question! I know,

what a stupid & silly question that is...of course

the only sane answer is to shower. Or is it!

 

 

Now maybe my aversion to showering can be blamed on being

born in the 'PSYCO' generation. Having seen that movie 100's

of times, it does prove a frightening fact... that you are

quite vulnerable while alone in the  shower. ;)

 

But I can't use that excuse, although I think it's a pretty

good one! No, I have many reasons I have this daily

dialog in my head...what a waste of killing

perfectly good brain

cells, right.

 

 

Most people would never admit this to the world, but since

I've decided to write what ever I want on my blog & I just

don't give a shit about what anyone thinks,

I'm sharing one of my secret quirks.

 

When I was younger & probably most of my life, I did shower

every day. I was an active child, involved in many sports which

makes sense that I'd need a bath everyday. In my 20's & 30's

I always loved to have my hair freshly done & my basic

make-up on just to go about my usual life. In my 40's, which

I think were the best years of my life, I started to shower

every other day or so. The main reason I did this was because

I always liked my hair best the 2nd or 3rd day. Now in my

50's & headed to 60, I have to say...I Hate taking a shower!

Hate it!! To me, it's a complete waste of time & there are

SOOOOO many other things I'd rather be doing then that.

I know, I'm such a fucking weirdo!!!

 

I like to blame this fact truly on genetics. The Brewer side

of my family has DRY skin...I mean seriously dry skin. We

lack oil of any kind on our skin & hair. I remember when

my grandmother was in her later years, she would cry when

she was made to take a bath. Now that my Dad is 80, his

aversion to bathing has him at a once every few weeks

schedule...ha,ha, ha. And now with me, I'm running on

a couple times a week...completely gross, right.

 

Since this bathing phenomenon has me thinking & feeling

like such a loser, I decided to do some research on bathing

to see if I'm completely alone in my ideology.

Here's what I found...

 

               1. If you take daily showers, you may be doing more harm to your body

                than good. A new study shows that bathing too often is actually

really bad for your skin & hair.

 

               2. You are also washing away good bacteria that naturally helps your skin. 

 

               3.  "Cleansing Reduction" is a new trend that happens to leave you with

               better hair and skin. This means bathing only once a week to stop

         stripping the skin and hair of essential oils and good bacteria.

 

               4. Eco friendly, a great way to save water & to create a smaller

Eco Footprint.

 

OMG...I may be on to something here!!! :))))

 

Basically it seems that a large part of the NEED for showering

has to do with your lifestyle & where you live. I live in southern

California, which happens to be in a HUGE drought. I also live

on a mountain top where the average weather is dry & cool. I am

not as active as I know I should be, I spend most of my time

inside creating whatever it is that I decide to make that day. I am

a constant hand washer because I HATE getting sick! {I actually

had a flu shot this year & have not had a cold all season, even

being surrounded by a sick husband, daughter & grandchild.}

I am completely anal, even in the most literal term & don't go

to the bathroom without using wipes on EVERYTHING!

 

There you go...WAY to much information about ME!! lol

That's what I said, Susie tells her truths & talks about what's

on her mind, politically correct or not!

 

I guess this post is geared towards the other dirty people

in the world. As James Taylor says...'Baby, you've got a friend.'

You are not alone, I feel you. And for the haters, just keep

this in mind...Prince Harry says he hasn't washed his hair

for 2 years, so I'm doing GOOD! ;)

 

Loved this article on the Mother Nature Network

 

Peace Out...

xoxo

Simply Susie