Meta-Shower Thoughts

Meta-Shower Thoughts

Shower Thoughts About Shower Thoughts

C. V. Vujanovic

EVERYONE LOVES HAVING A SHOWER. To me, the beauty of a shower is that it is one of those rare times when your sole purpose is, simply put, to shower.

Wh ile some of my friends might argue that their phone is ‘waterproof’ and so they bring it into the shower, I do not really think anyone believes that. 

So, if showers are the only time that you go without your phone, laptop, or anything really, then it gives us time to think. Uninterrupted. Silent (save for the sound of the shower). And calm (that is, unless you are in Y12 and you are trying to memorise your essay in the shower).  

The point is unless you are really stressed, showers are relaxing and boring. There is one saying that immediately comes to mind: “Boredom gives birth to creativity”. Now, although the quote is sufficiently cringey, what it is saying is true. 

When you have been scrolling through Reels or TikTok all day and you have to write an imaginative for English, your brain just does not seem to function. There is something incredible about boredom and what it does. 

Boredom, in a sense, gives birth to shower thoughts (although it might also be the fact that you’re in an unusually calm state and the shampoo fumes are finally getting to you). In any case, shower thoughts are nice. 

Here are some of my shower thoughts – I will try to keep it original: 

1. If a shower falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make any sound?

2. If you’re singing in the shower and there is no one there to hear it, are you still off key, or is the shower singing with you?

3. Is the spider in the corner going to jump at me?

4. If the soap bar falls in the shower and there is no one there to watch it, did the shower knock it over? (Cf. Inception)

5. When you write a message on the foggy mirror is it a fleeting attempt for permanence, or just a way to communicate with your future self?

6. Is the pursuit of understanding shower thoughts the most elusive shower thought, or are we just trying to sound deep to try to avoid getting out of the shower?