Time Out, In The Shower
ELLE Singapore|June 2020
It’s a new luxury that has emerged with the world’s new way of living; where you’re truly alone — and disconnected — to collect your thoughts for personal place-keeping
Chelsea Tang
Time Out, In The Shower

Perhaps the idea of taking a “nice, long bath” might have greater allure if all bathrooms were fashioned like Veronica Lodge’s from the Archie Comics series:

A palatial space adorned with every luxury imaginable — including a giant jacuzzi-Esque tub by a floor-to-ceiling window, through which you can wistfully gaze at the sunset while munching on chocolate truffles. Then, drying off with a fluffy $500 designer towel, before wrapping up in a silk robe prepared by a personal butler.

In that sense, shower time does seem like true luxury.

The reality of it does fall far from that expectation though — not only do everyday bathrooms look very little like Veronica’s, the act of showering is often relegated to a chore; a task to be speedily completed before “properly” relaxing via digital means.

As the world plunged into lockdown a few months back, and #stayathome became the new norm, priorities somehow changed. The Covid-19 pandemic did take much away, but it’s ironically given us what was wished for daily: more time. Of course, that comes with a catch; while the days do pass by a little slower, it’s not necessarily quieter, especially for the many who are living under the same roof with family. There are now new distractions to deal with — instead of that pesky colleague that you can bid goodbye to at 6 pm, there’s now someone’s a particularly loud voice that you have to endure till lights-off. All the after-work boundaries that have been set don’t take effect without an office anymore — it’s staring at the laptop till 10 pm for work while answering numerous Whatsapp messages at any time of the day.

This story is from the June 2020 edition of ELLE Singapore.

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