It gets wet, it stays wet, and you have less space to shower. And for what, saving three seconds of picking it up and bringing it in each time?
Showering is an excellent time to decompress from the outside world and let your mind wander. Don't ruin it by forcing yourself to constantly check you aren't about to tip over the bottles in the corner. The fact you have to think about avoiding them at all changes things, even if you don't notice it. Give yourself the space.
In practice this means all but one thing stays outside on the bathmat when you go in to shower. When you finish applying something, put it outside on the bathmat to dry before you do anything else, and bring in the next thing only when you're done rinsing out the last. Nothing should stay in the shower that you aren't holding.
If you must keep things in the shower for logistical reasons, wall mounted or hanging wire racks are better than leaving things on solid surfaces. At least then there's some ventilation involved and you can't trip on them.
...but do you really want to clean wire racks?
Everything in a shower gets dirty from all the water and goop eventually. Easier to just keep everything outside to dry and only take it in when you need it. Bottles are quick to wipe off and bars should be left to dry away from a freshly used shower anyway.
It might be more complicated in the moment, but it makes the annoying things simpler.
You get used to it quickly, I promise.
- Rew
Nightly Notes
This is a much more moderate and generally applicable version of what I'm actually doing, which is optimized for portability. I move around frequently, but not enough to justify it to someone else.
Anyway.
Writing is going fine, still a bit puzzled on why I flip between second and first person.
I think I need to set aside time to think. About everything, not just this.
Tomorrow and tomorrow, but not today.
- Rew