In My Element - Taking a Shower
"One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things."
- Henry Miller
In case you missed the last part of the "In My Element" series, you can find it here:
In My Element - The Bed Platform
One of the most commonly asked question I get is:
"So where do you shower?"
In my quest for simplicity, the answer is that it turns out we don't need to shower so I just don't!
just kidding...
I usually park my car and sleep at my local YMCA. It's pretty nice actually because in the morning, I get up, walk over to the gym, take a shower and head to work. The YMCA I go to has really nice facilities. It's very well maintained, the shower is hot and full pressured (and full pressured showers are pretty important to me), and the best part about it all is that I don't have to maintain a thing. The other benefits of staying near the gym is that they offer a variety of programs - my favorite being the yoga classes - and on my way to shower I often stop and take a sweat trenched yoga course, or maybe a calm and peaceful meditation before I head off. My gym also has a really nice swimming pool with a glass roof that they open up in the summer and close down in the winter. If I'm in the mood I'll jump in the pool and the relax in the jacouzi for 10 minutes before I brush my teeth, shower and head off to work. Getting up and getting ready is actually something I look forward to these days - it's almost luxurious while at the same time being really healthy. I no longer have to get out of bed and try to convince myself to get the energy to pack my gym bag and drive off to the Y. My clothes are with me and yoga class is right on the way to the shower. The great thing about YMCA is that if you sign up for one, you get nationwide access to any YMCA. I've stayed at a few different YMCA's in my area and have camped out in various other YMCA's in other parts of California without any problems.
Another counter-intuitive benefit of staying near the gym is that I spend less on gas. You'd think that a person would have to spend more money on gas by living in their car. It's true that I actually do spend a good amount of money on gas because I enjoy traveling in my Element. In everyday living however, my office is close to the gym and the gym is just a few feet away. I don't have to spend much money on gas if I don't want to.
I don't always stay at YMCA. Living in a car gives me many options on where I can stay. Once in a while I'll camp by the ocean or at other times I'll be near city life. That said, there is a certain comfort in being able to go to a familiar place to sleep each night.
Being away from home always feels like home if there is a YMCA nearby.
- Henry Miller
In case you missed the last part of the "In My Element" series, you can find it here:
In My Element - The Bed Platform
One of the most commonly asked question I get is:
"So where do you shower?"
In my quest for simplicity, the answer is that it turns out we don't need to shower so I just don't!
just kidding...
I usually park my car and sleep at my local YMCA. It's pretty nice actually because in the morning, I get up, walk over to the gym, take a shower and head to work. The YMCA I go to has really nice facilities. It's very well maintained, the shower is hot and full pressured (and full pressured showers are pretty important to me), and the best part about it all is that I don't have to maintain a thing. The other benefits of staying near the gym is that they offer a variety of programs - my favorite being the yoga classes - and on my way to shower I often stop and take a sweat trenched yoga course, or maybe a calm and peaceful meditation before I head off. My gym also has a really nice swimming pool with a glass roof that they open up in the summer and close down in the winter. If I'm in the mood I'll jump in the pool and the relax in the jacouzi for 10 minutes before I brush my teeth, shower and head off to work. Getting up and getting ready is actually something I look forward to these days - it's almost luxurious while at the same time being really healthy. I no longer have to get out of bed and try to convince myself to get the energy to pack my gym bag and drive off to the Y. My clothes are with me and yoga class is right on the way to the shower. The great thing about YMCA is that if you sign up for one, you get nationwide access to any YMCA. I've stayed at a few different YMCA's in my area and have camped out in various other YMCA's in other parts of California without any problems.
Another counter-intuitive benefit of staying near the gym is that I spend less on gas. You'd think that a person would have to spend more money on gas by living in their car. It's true that I actually do spend a good amount of money on gas because I enjoy traveling in my Element. In everyday living however, my office is close to the gym and the gym is just a few feet away. I don't have to spend much money on gas if I don't want to.
I don't always stay at YMCA. Living in a car gives me many options on where I can stay. Once in a while I'll camp by the ocean or at other times I'll be near city life. That said, there is a certain comfort in being able to go to a familiar place to sleep each night.
Being away from home always feels like home if there is a YMCA nearby.
