Shorten your shower

When you reduce your shower time you not only save money on your water bill, you also conserve water and energy. The next time you hop in the shower, start a timer and see how quickly you can get clean.


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Mel54751
Posted September 14, 2007 at 01:02 PM

I have shortened my showers by 3 minutes and installed a low-flow shower head with a shut-off button. Now I can turn off the water when soaping to save even more water.

Confidence
Posted September 17, 2007 at 05:06 PM

This is pretty difficult but it gives back to the environment. Try it for a week!

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Posted September 19, 2007 at 05:27 AM

Aww man. I didn’t do too much today. My shower this morning was seven minutes. I’m going for four or five. Maybe tomorrow?

Confidence
Posted September 19, 2007 at 07:22 PM

I began this morning by taking a 10 minute shower. That was the shortest shower I have ever taken and It has motivated to see how much shorter I can get them!

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greenie
Posted September 24, 2007 at 03:27 PM

Like Mel above, I turn off the shower when soaping up. I’ve also started filling an unbreakable cup with water to rinse off the razor when shaving (shower off, of course).

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collton89
Posted October 29, 2007 at 06:40 PM

I tried this this morning and I had only two minutes!!!!!!! Next time I’ll try one!

Zoomer00000000
Posted October 30, 2007 at 06:58 PM

Wow my showers are 50 minutes long. I have long hair and it takes me forever. Now I feel bad. I will try this challenge this week.

100_1310
Posted November 01, 2007 at 05:59 PM

I also have very long, time consuming hair to wash and I love being in the water so it’s hard for me, but I’ll do my best!

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Posted May 12, 2008 at 07:23 PM

Yeah ladies tell it like it is, with long hair it takes a lot longer to wash and condition it. If I’m not washing my hair, I take about 6-10mins tops. Good luck to all that love having hair…

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NervousNellie
Posted May 14, 2008 at 05:15 AM

I definitely need to do this. I will try this morning….......we’ll see how it goes! ;)

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Posted May 14, 2008 at 05:27 AM

I wash my long hair every 2 days. Do a deep conditioning-nothing cheap. I use Redkin’s deep conditioner and I can get away with washing it less. I save time AND money! Give it a try!