However, as we age, our bodies become slower when dehydrated.Headaches and muscle spasms were enough to try me anything To make me drink some fucking water. Recently, I decided to purchase my high school “It Girl” drink, the ever-faithful Camelbak.
Like most of us, I have tried almost every beverage container to consume 8 cups daily. There are glass bottles and metal bottles, big bottles and small bottles, cute bottles and sporty bottles, and bottles that you don’t use but can’t give up. I have a huge, metal, trendy water bottle that promises to keep my drinks cold for hours. And on a typical workday, I drink less water when a giant 40-ounce bottle is staring me in the face.
I find that I prefer smaller plastic bottles when working from home. It’s comfortable in my lap, encourages me to drink everything, and keeps the water cold, but not frigid (which I don’t want anyway).
On a recent visit to my hometown, I thought back to my teenage years and suddenly remembered the popularity of Camelback.I vividly Remember when the cool girls used to carry it in the hallways or chew on straw heads during class? Like the Stanley of today, it was both a functional water container and a fashion accessory. — and it occurred to me that this might be the water bottle I was looking for.
I clicked on Amazon and found the exact same bottle in a gorgeous array of colors. I don’t know how much these bottles cost in 2009, but in 2024 the price (about $14) was fair. After much deliberation, I chose “Coastal,” a light blue-green color. It looks like sea glass, and imagining drinking it made me feel happy.
The bottle itself is soft in the hand and easy to hold. They are not very large and are available in 20 oz, 25 oz, or 32 oz. So you can carry it with just one finger through the handle. The straw cap is also made of silicone, giving it a unique tactile feel that is not found in the hard plastic straws of Stanley and Hydro Flask. The straw is bendable, so even if you toss it recklessly into your bag, it won’t leak.
Through therapy, I learned the power of gifting myself with both the extra things and the important things I might have wanted as a child. Camelback was never at the top of my wishlist, but it certainly was a sign of being “in the crowd” where I didn’t feel like I was one of them. It was a symbol. It’s happened before. Try it yourself.
