While using the bathroom, try these eight things.
- Take a look at the wall art
If you're in a public bathroom, spend some time reading the Sharpie art on the walls. A good quotation or a skillfully created image can occasionally be found. A smile or a chuckle may appear when you open your eyes.
When you are at home, have a look around. What does this place inspire you to do? Consider what is missing from this space. What might be better organized? Spend this time organizing your thoughts around those items.
- Perform an actionable task
Legs should be shaved (if that's your thing), hair should be brushed, nails should be painted, teeth should be brushed, and mouthwash should be swished. You can save a little time by using these few minutes to do something you had planned. All the extra time we can gain will be helpful, right?
- Read (In Absolute Peace)
That much is obvious. An acceptable and practised "do in the bathroom"!
While they are on the pot, we frequently require our children to read aloud the alphabet and the numbers. On the other hand, teenagers have access to various texts, messages, memes, signs, symbols, and images that are cryptic and abstract.
Then, as adults, our alternatives for reading multiply: we read newspapers, sales charts, annual plans, balance sheets, business books, self-improvement pieces, and a profusion of pretentious crap. Consequently, read if you can and read if you have to. The most straightforward task on the list is this one.
- Work out (You Can Do It!)
Now we're talking, the crowds of fitness fanatics will wring their hands and declare!
We are puzzled as to why this feature has never been covered in a health article; perhaps the author felt it fell too far short of their standards.
We can then perform the following kind of activities from there:
Rotate your neck slowly in clockwise and counterclockwise directions while bobbing your head, then do it again. As lactic acid and nitrogen gas, described scientifically, are released, we know that this relieves a lot of stress that has built up in the neck muscles and joints.
Spread your arms to the sides, raise them slowly to your head, and lower them again. When you do a forward bend, lower your torso until your chest meets your thighs, then raise it back up. Did you know that exercise can increase your happiness? This has been demonstrated by brain science.
- Take a deep breath, Crazy Idea!
Without a doubt, you will breathe. To practice belly breathing is what we advocate here. Breathe deeply and slowly through your nose, filling your chest as you do so. Hold for five counts, then let the breath gently through your lips.
The benefits of belly breathing are well known. Your blood oxygen levels are replenished, you breathe out some extra pollutants, and you become more at ease. We would advise it to anyone as long as they sit there because scientists have shown that a relaxed mind relaxes the intestines.
Deep breathing also has a physiological basis; it exercises your diaphragm, the muscle that separates your chest from your abdomen and stimulates your vagus nerves, which activate your parasympathetic nervous system and lower your heart rate and blood pressure, allowing you to relax.
Put your hands on your tummy to practice belly breathing while sitting up straight in your seat. By using your nose, take a long, slow breath. Take a breath and let it fill your lungs, letting your tummy balloon out. Then slowly exhale the air from your mouth as if you were blowing bubbles. You'll feel calm after three to five minutes.
Diaphragmatic breathing technique when seated.
And if you were worried that we had forgotten, we did not. Please remember to smell as little as possible while taking in as much air as you like. I'm grateful.
- Sing (Even The Big Guys Do It)
We beg you to take extra care to sing to protect your modesty and the modesty of anyone who could come across your unfortunate seated self in case the door lock of your lavatory got rusty and broke. Sing loudly and shamelessly because no sane person would dare to criticize you for singing in the bathroom.
On the other hand, if you're loud enough to be heard by your neighbours, they might refer to you as a happy guy who sings passionately to himself when alone.
- Drink (You May Not Agree, But…)
There, you're going to lose some of your fluids, so why not hydrate yourself fully? We might advise a yoghurt drink, fresh fruit juice, or lemonade. A glass of warm water is a bare minimum.
Either your morning tea or coffee. A cup of milk, for example. Or, if you're daring, you can slurp down some hot soup in a cup or sipper.
The short version is that you should drink something warm because it will start and accelerate your digestive system's peristalsis movements, aiding in the appropriate direction-finding.
- Reflection (The 2nd Best Thing You Could Do Here)
The hardest item on this list is this. But this is for people who always juggle their time throughout the day and can never find a moment to themselves.
If you pay close attention, being sat "defenseless" is about halfway to meditation. Imagine how simple it will be from that distance in half!
You can practice a few different styles of meditation here, including:
- Heart Rhythm Meditation:
- Concentrate on your heartbeats.
- Pay close attention to them.
- See your blood travelling to your body's various organs from your heart.
- As your blood flows through your arteries, try to pay attention to it.
Visualization meditation: Picture a tranquil, serene setting for yourself. A calm beach, a green meadow, or a tranquil forest. Perhaps you can also picture yourself sitting atop the Eiffel Tower, watching a few different colours of clouds drift by. For this visualization exercise, you can utilize a recorded voice as a guide; just make sure it doesn't instruct you to lie down. The Stoics developed a variation on this called Negative Visualization.