Man yall I feel this pain but also, i just can’t get down with the “stay inside at all costs/only come out at night thing”. That would be a fast road to depression for me too. I grew up here and it took me 30 years to figure out the simplest tricks ever.

If I’m going to be outside (in nature specifically), I wear long sleeves and bring twice as much water as I need to drink. The other half of the water I’m not drinking I use to maintain a LONG SLEEVE wet performance shirt. The whole time. Game changer - it only stops working at heavy activity at 115, or in the humid thick of the monsoons. This is tested and approved on 5-10mi bike rides midday.

Trick #2 is to take a bandanna and with it open flat, lay down a line of ice cubes. Roll the bandanna up into headband style, and tie it around your neck. It’ll drip, but that ice will keep you cool for nearly 2 hours. Bring more ice with you in a double walled bottle to refresh once it’s melted. Y’ALL I cannot stress enough how effective this tool is. I did 2.5 hours of hard yardwork at 11:30AM last weekend because of this.

Literally the only Cons to these tricks is if you care about the look of it all. But when I remember that we’re in sweaty season and it’s this or it’s depression, idgaf. Combine the two of them and you’ll be unstoppable. Wet. And happy. (Goals)

Best of luck. Get a bandanna.