There is a lot to be said for morale improving things like hot showers, clipping your nails, and all of that, but they are always luxuries (valuable luxuries), though they could certainly act as motivators. When you live under duress, you find that you can actually get used to very base forms of existence, over a long time.

Edit: ah shit for some reason I can't see that Ive commented on you before so I keep doing it thinking it's a new comment. Shit, I'm gonna write a letter to the devs of this app, Eternity, I have many opinions on many of the tings.

Edit2: then again one might wonder how come I can't recognize a comment I've read three times.... Hmmm