Optimize Your Bathing
JeffB at Lifehack.Community has posted his tips on how to optimize your bathing – you’ll be out of the shower faster and likely cleaner. He suggested to use washcloth loaded with soap:
… How often do we evaluate our showering habit? I never had before past noticing in movies or commercials that holding a bar of soap in one hand and rubbing it all over your body wasn’t washing very well in my eyes. I also always boggled at people who would enter and exit a shower in 5-7 minutes (you basically got yourself wet and kind put some soap here and there and got out).
My unconscious routine was to wash my hair, then lather, wash, and rinse (each): arms, chest and shoudlers, 1 leg, other leg, err…”front”, “back”, face, one pit, other pit. I would come out squeaky clean and then give myself a good toweling all over so that I was totally dry…
I tend to jump out of the shower faster because the longer you staying in the shower, the more body oil it will wash out. Especially with my skin type and in winter it will become very dry and not moisturized after the shower. His tips may able to help this situation a lot.
Optimize Your Bathing – [JeffB @ Lifehack.Community]
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lenbust says on August 9th, 2005 at 12:15 am
I was thinking, in what scenario would getting rid of a little more body oil be a good thing?
Marcus says on August 9th, 2005 at 1:27 am
There’s also a guide to doing this in the kids book “Cheaper by the Dozen,” but my question is why? I find that some of my best ideas come in the 20 minutes a day where I have some uninterrupted time without any other ditractions.
ozmm says on August 9th, 2005 at 8:46 am
I agree with Marcus. My time in the shower is a sacred escape.
DG says on August 9th, 2005 at 1:18 pm
Well, depends on what you consider a distraction. :-)
Damacus says on August 11th, 2005 at 2:56 am
Hm. I think I’d suggest washing your face before anything else, or possibly after your arms and chest (once you’ve built up a nice lather). Definitely before your “front” and “back” — don’t want to risk the chance of rubbing an errant piece of corn on your face!
As an aside, I do very similar to you, except I find that liquid soaps/body washes are much quicker to use than dealing with bar soap. Pour some on a wash cloth and go.
izzl says on August 12th, 2005 at 7:44 pm
You can easily get down to 7 minutes and still be thourough at it! Just turn off the water when soaping up – it saves water and energy, too.
- get wet, from top to bottom
- turn off water
- lather up, from top to bottom
- rinse, from top to bottom being careful that the water runs down your body and doesn’t splash all over the place
iak sakkath says on August 14th, 2005 at 4:47 pm
i hear some people in the military say that if you have very little time you need to prioritize.
face/head
armpits
crotch
feet
should be done if nothing else.
but we’ve all got the kind of time so this never happens. right?
sct72 says on August 23rd, 2005 at 6:47 am
Towel dry – face, hair, back.
Face – so you can see.
Hair & Back – because they drip.
The rest can air dry.