Preface

Recently, I started to take a bath as the first thing after a day work. Though you may think it is irritating because you need time to dry yourself and managing your hair style, I would like to give you my experience if you do not make taking bath as the first thing after a day work.

You are sitting in your living room after you leave your office at 6 p.m. You feel exhausted, so you want just dwelling anything for leisure. You then surprisely find it is 10 p.m. and you have neither taken a bath nor brushing your teeth. Therefore, you do these for about an hour. You find it is 11 p.m., regretting you have dwelled so long and you have to wake up at 6 a.m. in order to get to office at time.

Sounds familiar? Let me persuade you always take a bath first after you meet yourself at your home: this is a sanctuary for you to transit from the high-stress office environment beyond hygiene; it’s a powerful ritual of “unbecoming” the corporate version of yourself.

Mental Reset

Most people carry the redisude of the office, for example, the presure of the deadlines and the frustration of a meeting, when arriving to the home. The physical sensation of water helps your brain as a signal of the workday end and a beginning to your personal time.

Hygiene Protocol

As there are many grimes and pollutants in the outside (‘member the COVID-19?), you can make sure that these stuffs stay in the bathroom when you first go showering after you arrive at your home.

Circadian Rhythm & Sleep Preparation

Science suggests that a warm bath beform bed helps regulate body tempature. By taking a bath as soon as you get home, you trigger the body’s natural cooling process early, which signals to your nervous system to shift from “fight or flight” (work mode) to “rest and digest” (home mode).

Closing

Taking a shower as the first stuff to do after arriving at home makes a ritual of mental reset, sets a hygiene protocol, and a sleep preparation, which plays for a great role for healthy life. Are you a “shower-as-soon-as-you-get-home” person, or do you wait until bedtime? Let’s settle this in the comments.