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Hi All,
Just thought I'd share my own humble "secret to success" re. what I do whenever the hair-cutting urge hits me...
First, I have to admit that this particular urge hits me about as often as the urge to go over and sell hot dogs on the streets of Iraq (not too often, in other words). Secondly, for those who are new here and don't know that I cut off my waist-length hair back in Y2K, the emotional devastation I experienced from having impulsively cut like that basically cured me for life of ever doing a repeat performance of that! And last but not least... thirdly, long hair means a lot to me, because I was deprived of it when I was young, --- due to the fact that my father would not allow even the slightest bit of hair-length on me or my brothers in his household all during my growing up years.
Now that you know the above background info... I will now add that every once in a blue moon I actually DO occasionally miss the days of when my hair was a bit shorter (like shoulder-blade length, or sometimes even as short as awkward-stage length); but, I know the feeling will usually pass very quickly... because 99.9% of the time I want LONGER hair, not shorter!!!
OK, so here's the scenario, which I've recently realized is also an excellent formula for overcoming the whole cutting urge:
1) there's a blue moon rising in the East...
2) the night before, I fantasized about opening my own gourmet hot dog stand in the center of the busiest part of Bagdad, Iraq;
3) I'm wistfully day-dreaming back to the days of going through my hair's "awkward stage" of growing it long, --- thinking about missing it shorter when I couldn't wait for it to get longer but trying to be patient because it never seemed to grow fast enough...
4) I remind myself of MLHH's "2-week Rule", since I don't want to cut impulsively;
5) 2 weeks come & go...
6) when I realize the above, and that I have not had one single re-occuring thought of neither selling hot dogs in Iraq nor of cutting my hair, I then notice that I have a lot of split ends, --- and that it has been over 3 years since I've last gone in for a professional trim to take care of that!
7) I decide to ask a trusted dog groomer to trim off no more than one inch at the bottom of my hair (and, surprisingly, he does EXACTLY as I asked him to do)...
8) The End (meaning, that's the end of any more hair-cutting urges for another 3 or more years)!
I hope the above formula proves helpful for anyone considering cutting off their hard-earned hair!
- Ken
And mine...
Whaow ! It's a beautiful photo !
Ed
I think I can see Dianyla's forehead so I'm guessing her head is turned toward you whispering a hair compliment or maybe even a kiss. I am smiling so much these days knowing you two are together!
Elizabeth
The second! <3
Thanks! I'm smiling too. People wonder if I've adjusted my meds...