"One of the best decisions I've ever made."
How I did it: After many months of planning and consideration, I woke up one morning and asked my boyfriend to take me to his barber shop to get a haircut. He replied with a smile, "that's great, how short." To which I replied, "REAL short, like bald short, I'm ready." He was more excited than I was and said, "it's about time, you've been talking about this for months, let's go!"
When we arrived at the barber shop, a serious but friendly looking man recognized and greeted my boyfriend, flashing me a smile and a "it's so nice to finally meet you." After a friendly and comforting exchange of words, I expressed to him that I was going bald, as clean as he could get my dome. He was absolutely delighted to show me his skills on the straight razor-25 years in the making. I'm 25 years old, so I thought of it as he's been training all my life for this very moment ;) As he used the level 1 clippers to get as much of the length of my hair off before the shave, I looked in the mirror and started to feel a few tears forming in my eyes. Ideas about how people would treat me and what they would think about me ran through my brain as quickly as a bullet train. For a moment, the thoughts were overwhelming. I closed my eyes and felt all the pieces of my insecurity fall to my shoulders and onto the ground. After it was all over, I opened my eyes again to find that I had a perfectly shaped head for baldness!
Lessons & tips: Try your best to do this for YOU. Don't do this for anyone else, as a means to punish yourself or others, or let the idea of not fitting in detract you.
Resources:
It took me 1 day.
It made me feel Cool
How I did it: After many months of planning and consideration, I woke up one morning and asked my boyfriend to take me to his barber shop to get a haircut. He replied with a smile, "that's great, how short." To which I replied, "REAL short, like bald short, I'm ready." He was more excited than I was and said, "it's about time, you've been talking about this for months, let's go!"
When we arrived at the barber shop, a serious but friendly looking man recognized and greeted my boyfriend, flashing me a smile and a "it's so nice to finally meet you." After a friendly and comforting exchange of words, I expressed to him that I was going bald, as clean as he could get my dome. He was absolutely delighted to show me his skills on the straight razor-25 years in the making. I'm 25 years old, so I thought of it as he's been training all my life for this very moment ;) As he used the level 1 clippers to get as much of the length of my hair off before the shave, I looked in the mirror and started to feel a few tears forming in my eyes. Ideas about how people would treat me and what they would think about me ran through my brain as quickly as a bullet train. For a moment, the thoughts were overwhelming. I closed my eyes and felt all the pieces of my insecurity fall to my shoulders and onto the ground. After it was all over, I opened my eyes again to find that I had a perfectly shaped head for baldness!
Lessons & tips: Try your best to do this for YOU. Don't do this for anyone else, as a means to punish yourself or others, or let the idea of not fitting in detract you.
Resources:
- Personal Resolve for Change
- Equally crazy boyfriend
- Skilled, witty, and open-minded Barber
It took me 1 day.
It made me feel Cool
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2 comments:
wow... and i'm wondering about cutting mine to shoulder length...:)) lol
I started with that first, and then... :)
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