Why I started taking an ijsbad every morning
I'll be honest, the first time I stood next to my ijsbad on a cold Tuesday morning, I seriously questioned my life choices. There I was, wearing nothing but swim trunks in 5-degree weather, looking at a tub of water filled with floating ice cubes, wondering why on earth I thought this was a good idea. My neighbors probably thought I'd lost it. But after that first three-minute plunge, I realized something: that initial "what am I doing" feeling is exactly why people get hooked on this. ...