🥶🚿 I was NEVER supposed to have a 3-year ColdShower Streak

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This is the ongoing story of how I'm facing my biggest fears that have kept me frozen in place.

This is Thawing Out.

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For far too long, I’ve been frozen in place.
I’ve learned to live with the Cold.
I’ve managed, dealt, and suffered.

I was NEVER supposed to have a 3 year ColdShower streak.

But alas, here we are.

A little backstory if you haven’t been following my newsletter, The ColdShower. I set a goal almost 3 years ago that I would take solely cold showers until I reached 1,000 subscribers on my aptly named newsletter. And like the stubborn Italian I am, I have neither quit nor achieved this goal.

Please understand this is not a complaint. I’m doing this to myself, and this journey I’ve been on has been incredibly rewarding. I’ve learned things about myself I would’ve never found. I built a rock-solid foundational habit that has spread it’s roots into so many areas of my life. I strengthened my discipline and resolve that got me through a very difficult birth of my first son and across the finish line of a 100-mile race. AND (the big and), I developed a love for writing.

But I haven’t completed my stinking goal.
I’ve experienced so much growth in my life in countless aspects.
But as for this goal…. I AM FROZEN IN PLACE.
Like I said… I wasn’t meant to stay cold forever. I am meant to continue forward on my journey. Face my fears, unlock my potential, finish this chapter and start a new one.

It’s time to Settle the Score with myself.
It’s time to Thaw Out.

How does one Thaw Out? — Come back here next time for the first test I must face in reaching my goal.

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