Welcome to Chasing Life. You know, I promised that we were going to take a slightly different

approach to the new year. Instead of committing to do more, more, more, which is typically what

happens this time of year, I wanted to convince you instead of the value of sometimes doing less

and even embracing that. Now, to be fair, when I started thinking about this,

I didn't necessarily have less hygiene on the list,

but today's guest did.

Less showering, to be specific.

For me, it's very, very minimal.

I don't use any kind of shampoo.

I like to wash with water in the morning.

Dr. James Hamblin was a staff writer at the Atlantic when he embarked on this experiment.

It was about eight years ago.

And in many ways, he was asking the same questions we are asking now.

And he was specifically asking, why do we shower so much?

And what does it really mean to be clean?

You walk into any pharmacy, and next to the cold and flu medications, there are aisles of shampoos and soaps.

It just got me thinking, what is this all for?

How much of it is necessary for health

and how much of this is just a personal preference?

And am I wasting time and money?

Would I be better off if I did less?

These were just questions that I wanted to explore.

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