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What's your favorite pick-me-up? (self.casualconversation)

submitted 2 months ago by Brainsploosh to c/[email protected]

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Sometimes one just doesn't have the energy to do what needs done. How do you manage it?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I read about that trick years ago. It was in an essay by Ian Fleming. He wrote '...as hot as you can stand it for as long as you can stand it, followed by as cold as you can take it for as long as you can take it.'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I learned it from ancient Orkney technology called "sauna". 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

TIL people start the day with a sauna. We always use it as the end of the workout.