“Mommy, your hair looks JACKED UP” ~ 5 year old sonMost others around me (mom & Dad hadn’t even seen it yet) that have seen my hair, hadn’t really said much. Kinda like ‘no biggie’. For me, which is cool!
“I wouldn’t do it, but if you’re happy, I’m happy” ~ 11 year old daughter
“I like it. You look artsy & smarter” ~ Friend
“WOW” ~ Step-Mom
“Did you get a haircut? I like it!” ~ Manager
“Zoinks” ~ Co-Worker
“OMG, Thank God it’s CUUUTTTTEEEEE” ~ Best Friend
“Love it” ~ Friend
“Sexy” ~ Co-Worker
After I wrote the post about fear controlling my reason for not cutting my hair, it bothered me. I don’t like being scared of something that I can control (not like my fear of palmetto bugs..eeewww). And…it’s just hair! Why have I had a complex all these years about having short hair?? It was the fear of what others would say. How would they look at me, etc. Last night, I didn’t care!
So, with scissors in hand, I took my fear on and just cut my hair. At one point, I even contemplated stopping. I was at the point where I can just pony it up. But, I had to let go of my comfort zone. I wanted to embrace change. I needed too.
After I cut it, I didn’t feel anything. LOL. O.k. wait…I did feel in control. But, I was neither happy nor sad. I was ‘whatever-it’s short now. Now what?’
So coming to work today, I didn’t feel the least bit worried about others reactions. I love how I look regardless of what my hair looks like. I feel I let go of my ‘hair issues’.
My only beef now is, Why didn’t I do this sooner?
6 comments:
Wow!!! You did it!!! I'm so proud of you:) You got me feeling liberated! It is hard to let go of our fears but, when you do man it's such a celebration:) I'm going to link you story on my A Fabulous Post:) Congratulations!!!
Aaawww..thanks :)
It was liberating. and I was laughing at myself like "I'm really doing this". It felt good to face the fear!
lol @ jacked! Although I don't agree with the 5 year old man child... I still think his comment was the best. Well, 2nd best. That "artsy, smart" comment was the best.
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LOL @ Man Child. that is a true statement!
and i think you're a lil bias when it comes to the artsy comment :P
Wow, I'm glad I'm not the only who felt like it wasn't such a big deal to start chopping away. May sound strange, but I cut mine over a stretch of days. I wondered why I didn't do it sooner and I think I was convinced that my hair would be totally unmanageable. Thank God for great blogs and videos. All the best!
Not strange at all. I had a few tester patches in my head first. Lol.
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