Embrace the Adventure: Why New Year’s Resolutions Are Out and Bucket Lists Are In

For some reason, it became a tradition in our family to celebrate the changing of a year with a polar plunge. Lots of things have led to this, and depending on who you ask, they’ll probably all give you a different answer. My 90-year-old mother loves cold water—or let’s be real, she loves the attention (not that she would admit it). Probably an even bigger reality: she always said cold showers burned more calories.