- Wear loose clothing, or as little as possible, if not none at all
- Go commando
- Drink mint iced tea
- Avoid caffeine and alcohol, they are natural diuretics
- Get up before the sun rises
- Go out more often at night
- Walk slowly
- Cut your hair, or tie it up into a pony tail
- Go to the mall and soak up
- Sleep beneath the stars
- Put you favorite pillow in a freezer bag and chill for a couple of hours
- Keep a spritzer within reach
- Take a cold shower before and after work
- Chill your pulse points for a few minutes
- Place iced water in your hot water bottle before calling it a night
- Soak your feet in a bucket of cold water
- Go downstairs, because heat rises
- Eat spicy food
- Schedule errands for when the sun goes down
- Stay in the shade, if not indoors
- Drink lots of water
- Stock up on Popsicles
- Plant a tree
- Go cool-pooling. Like car-pooling, you share an airconditioned environment with friends
- Do the wet t-shirt
- Keep condensers clean and free of dust
- Park your car in the shade
- Be sensible when exercising. Cool down with these tips
- Go fly a kite
- Spend a few hours in an inflatable pool
- Go to work with a cold lunch
- Turn on heat generating appliances only when needed
- Hang an ice towel in front of the fan
- Sleep in a 'spread-eagled' position
- Freeze water bottles to rub over your neck with during the day
- Think cool. Rent movies that deals with ice, winter, cold hard rain
- Stay out of the kitchen as much as possible
- Take the airconditioned public transport instead of the car to work
I know there must be other ways to beat the heat this summer. Maybe you know of some. Post it here so everybody can 'chill'
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