I you have seen me in the last two weeks you would have noticed that I substantially less hair. This would be because I shaved my head as part of the worlds greatest shave. That is a great cause and a fantastic reason to bald, but it is not the real reason that I did it.
I chose to shave my head one day in January when I was bored. I was just sitting around thinking that my life was very safe and static in someways. So I decided to shave my head.
Another factor that contributed to my decision was the fact that the idea of shaving my head scared the pants off me1. Mainly because, as an insecure person, my hair was one of the few things about my appearance that i could control2. Now, I know you shouldn't worry about what other people think, especially about how you look, but I do. I think everyone does and anyone that says they don't at all is lying. I'm not saying that it is my greatest concern and it didn't have a huge affect on how I dressed or anything, but it was there. So the idea of doing something as drastic as shaving my hair off obviously got me sweating.
Now on the other side of the shave. I love it. Not only does it not look anywhere near as bad as I thought it would, I feel fantastic about the whole thing. I'm feeling less self-conscious than ever. I'm finding it very liberating. This is exactly why i do things that scare me. Hopefully there will be more blogs on doing things that scare me coming soon....
1 It obviously didn't actually remove my pants, that would have be awkward. Plus I was probably wearing board shorts.
2 that is, you can't control how your face looks and you can do a small amount do alter you body type. All you can really change is your cloths and hair.3
3 How much better for footnoting are these small numbers. There comes a point that *'s are not subtle at all.
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Awesome. Also Africa Aid! Also Alliteration! Awesome!
Enough. It's cool you're challenging yourself. But also, your numbers aren't very subtle, they just made me think, "Why are these numbers at the end of the word?" Stars are better.
stars were better for one or two, but have ***** in the middle of a sentence is on no way subtle.
Neither is to have 26 if you were in an essay. Especially if you were footnoting at the end of a number.
true, footnoting at the end of a number would be ood. But still a small 26 is better than **************************.
Congrats, I think it's awesome that you did it!!
Changing something about yourself can be, just as you said, oddly liberating. I had my hair cut a month or two ago that was a totally different style than what I'm used to, and y'know, I actually felt more confident. (that may come across as a ridiculously girlish and vain thing, but new haircuts really do make a difference!)
anyway, much kudos to you! it all went to a brilliant cause too :D
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