I once got really good advice on how to shower. I know that sounds odd. How hard can it be to shower? All you need to do is get water on yourself and you've pretty much succeeded.
Yet this technique will help you feel energetic and refreshed when you get out. The trick is in the temperature.
Start the way you normally do. Find a good temperature, get in, get clean, and let that lovely heat steam up the bathroom. But when you're about to get out, instead of just hopping out and drying off, start lowering the temperature, just a little bit. It will feel incredibly refreshing, like a cool breeze on a hot summer's day. Get used to that and turn the temperature down a little more. Continue this trend until you feel comfortably energized, then hop out and continue your hygienic habits.
I don't entirely know why it works, but when has that ever stopped someone on the internet from spouting spurious assertions with confidence?
I think the cool water is telling your body to start up the engines again. That is, it triggers the heat-generating processes that make us warm-blooded and able to survive in places like Edmonton. This makes your body feel awake and, ironically, warm.
We also experience temperature through contrast. Room-temperature feels cool when leaving a sauna and warm when coming in from a snowy winter. By reducing your shower temperature in a pleasant way, you will likely find the room-temperature air to be more pleasant than if you step out when the water is still steaming.
It's just a little thing, but having a nice out-of-shower experience can be a nice add to your quality of living.
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