Avoiding Day Zero

Hey, remember that time where I said I didn't have any trouble taking Navy showers? Uh... let's forget about that. Once I came home from the Philippines, I took a shower. Dear God, hot running water and high water pressure is a blessing. So, yeah. I messed up. But it's whatever. Based on the  "6 Factors That Influence Our Behavior"  article, I believe structural motivation is the best way to get individuals to adopt taking Navy showers. People do things that are beneficial to them, as they should. But it leads to selfishness and abuse of resources like water. By shaving 5 minutes off of our showers, we have 5 minutes more to do something. For me, I had 5 minutes more to eat breakfast or I had 5 minutes more to catch the earlier bus. With 5 more minutes, I could prevent things that are detrimental to me, like not eating breakfast or being late to school. Which is good! As we know, sustainability isn't so popular with customers. People usually do not pay att...

Since December 20th, I have not taken a shower with running water. Instead, I have opted for bucket showers! I'm in the Philippines right now and we have some notoriously bad infrastructure. At where my mom grew up, we got open sewers, no running hot water. But it's completely different at the place my dad's side of the family owns. They have hot running water, air conditioning in almost every room, and semi-closed sewers. They have openings in the sidewalks where the water drains into. P.S. Don't walk on top of them. The smell is horrid. But there's one constant here: the air pollution is so awful it turned my boogers black. We have this bucket in the bathroom.  Each time I showered, I took a smaller bucket called a "tabo"  and used it to dump water on me to shower. I did this for every day, once a morning, for my trip to the Philippines besides the first day when I was on my flight. I could see how much water I was using each time I showere...