Western vloggers, pop figures treat cold showers like a challenge.
This is a part of my life - once a year for a few days or a week.
There's a period of maintenance (usually in summer), when there's no hot water on tap.
I could've boiled a kettle of hot water or even installed a water heater.
But I don't care. I accept this, somehow like it and even appreciate it.
Yes, I'm also lazy and so on. But the fact that I like it is true.
I don't do have the will to take cold showers myself - I do it only during this period.
I like to believe that this has some benefits, like:
Hedonic Contrast, "Detox" & Delayed Gratification: Living without some wonderful and familiar thing for some time
Health: apparently it boosts circulation, reduces inflammation, enhances mood, improves immunity, triggers endorphins
Forced cold showers taught me the difference between discipline (doing hard things by choice) and resilience (accepting hard things you can't control).
You can try to apply this "abstinence" to other aspects of your life.
Pick one 'forced' discomfort in your life (no AC, no caffeine, no Uber).
Surrender to it for 3 days. Watch what happens.