I saw the following originally in Thirty Thousand Days, the newsletter for The To Do Institute. Given that we’re in one of our periodic droughts (down 5.5. inches from normal), it seemed a good time to post this. I don’t have the original article (which I think appeared in one of the Dalai Lama’s books), but I’ve adapted his process for my ablutions.
- Turn on the shower and rinse. Turn off water.
- Soap your body.
- Turn on water to rinse. Turn off water.
- Shampoo.
- Turn on water to rinse. Turn off water.
- Shave. Quickly rinse the razor as needed under the faucet.
- Turn on water to rinse. Turn off water.
(originally posted in 2005-08-14, updated for micro.blog)
