Haircceptance

I was a teenager in the 1980s. The era of big hair.

I was no exception. I let my locks storm upwards and outwards, a hormone-powered thicket of bouncy wire.

At the age of 17, I wrote an article for a computer magazine called 8000 Plus. They published my picture next to it. I was a geeky Rick Astley.

As the decades rolled on, hair got shorter. And so did mine. A number three on the sides, a little longer on top. Job done.

I was three weeks into my six-week haircut cycle when they shut the salons. Three weeks would be OK, I said. Maybe even five. Any more, and something would have to be done.

That countdown was a fountain of stress. I worried about the future me: back to the 80s in 2020.

But then one day, I said screw-it. Let it grow.

And while I don’t love my big hair, I’ve accepted it. Deal with it and use conditioner.

There’s a bucket of anxiety when I wish something were other than it is. Maybe the secret is to a care a little less.

When I loosen my grip on caring, the world can’t bother me. I see the OKness at the root.

The trick is to remember that.

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