Action and Reaction

I’d like to say the decision to shave my head was my own, but it wasn’t.  I went to my barber and asked him for a trim. Just a trim.  I figured I would cut my hair just a little shorter – to see what it was like.  My barber cut my hair very short.  This wasn’t a trim. It wasn’t quite a buzz cut, but close. I was shocked, but also a little giddy. Did it really look good?

Still, I wasn’t ready to admit that I had to let go of my hair.  I let my hair grow back in but it just didn’t look good. No matter what I did I was a bald guy clinging to the last wisps of long hair. Looking in the mirror, I felt pathetic with my patchy head. 

I had to go through with it. I had to get rid of my hair.  I went to the barber shop and told him to use the lowest setting on the clippers.  He went for it.

As soon as I got my buzz cut, my confidence went straight up. My partner says I felt like I was Jason Statham. I even liked my body better. I started going to the gym. I looked good. I felt good. People around me wondered what I was on.

How did you feel when you let your hair go?