Taffy Brodesser-Akner: I Survived a Cold Plunge and All I Got Was Everything I Ever Wanted. “You sit in the water for two full minutes, because you are a journalist and some of your colleagues are sent into war zones.”
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I was thinking about this post tonight while climbing at the gym. I did several new to me climbs that were tough (for me) and just when I thought it wasn’t fun anymore, I would figure out the crux (the trickiest bit) and would be flooded with joy. “This is so fun!” I yelled down to my belay partner, sweaty and panting and dirty. This is how it feels to do a cold plunge in Lake Superior midwinter. You hate it til the hard bit is over and then it’s all done and you feel joyful and proud of yourself for doing something hard. Type 2 fun, amiright?!
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