The nighttime shower or no shower Sunday

I've always been a morning showerer. I've felt that is was the best way to lay out my day.

Wake, eat (and coffee), use bathroom (1&2), shower, brush teeth, get dressed, head out.

When you shower in the morning, you get a fresh slate. You start the day clean. You feel good. It wakes you up!

My brother-in-law is a nighttime showerer and always has been. I've never understood this. How can you start your day without rinsing the sleep off? What about BO? How do you loosen up and clear sinuses in the winter? These are all questions I could have asked, but never did. Maybe I'd have tried the switch earlier.

I sometimes struggle to get out the door in the morning and I really have a hard time with the fact that my daughter spends so much time at daycare and I see so little of her daily. I decided to fix this.

I decided I'd try taking showers before she woke up. I'd set the alarm early, I'd shower, we'd eat, we'd read books, everything would be great... This rarely happens. I sleep in, I linger over breakfast, I enjoy some silence in the morning. I end up not showering and here she is awake and wanting to play. so I recently tried to make the switch to the nighttime shower.

I showered at night on Sunday and never really noticed a difference on Monday. I work an office job, so sweat and BO aren't really issues. To be safe, I put on deodorant (which I rarely do because I have an office job). Nobody commented or seemed to notice at all. I felt a little greasy in the face and head, which I'd later remedy by washing face and hair in the morning, but otherwise I was good.

I had a job interview on Tuesday (I didn't get the job) so decided to do the regular AM shower, so I skipped altogether on Monday. Tuesday went off without a hitch, but I didn't shower at night (no need).

Here's the great thing: Because Monday went so well, I didn't shower on Wednesday morning either!! I did wash hair and face, but again, nobody noticed a thing. I made some minor adjustments that I won't go into and it was great!

So I sat on Thursday with a morning shower, but it seems to have made the morning a little hectic again. I'm also not so sure about the 60 hours between showers - that's a bit excessive.

Now here's the thing, No Shower Sunday (or any other day) is not a new concept to the world, but I was reintroduced to it by my wife when we started dating. Now, I believe the concept, for her, was bred from the combination of bad life decisions on Saturday night and sheer laziness. So, on occasion, we try it out. Skipping a day of showering is great (as long as you brush your teeth). This saves on time, water, and even helps take care of the scalp and skin.

Update: I've been on and off the concept for a few weeks now and I bobble back and forth. I really do like the nighttime shower, but old habits die hard. I don't know what my final decision will be, but I challenge you to skip a shower for a day and see how it goes. Share your experience in the comments.