For the past three days or so, I have never anticipated a haircut so highly in my entire life. I knew that this haircut was going to different from all the haircuts I have ever had before. A couple of great friends inspired me to get a haircut. It seemed like the days leading up to today were longer than usual, almost like I was living 28 hour days or just awake for more hours...
Why was the anticipation for this haircut beyond any other cut? The root of it may have been the fact that I'm living by myself. First of all, I have recognized that my Huskymates were the greatest or I started to lose hair within the past year (Probably the first) because I have witnessed the losses with a clump of hair in on the drain strainer. And knowing that I'm the only person in my apartment for the most part, all the hair around my apartment is mine. The Matthew TW Huang before living alone probably just assumed that all thick hair all around the house/apartment was my roommates or a family member because I'm young and don't lose hair. But I have come to realize that my hair does fall off and it ends up everywhere! Naturally there's hair in the shower, toilet (Not the toilet seat), sink, and all over the bathroom. But then there's hair on the bed and couch (futon in my case), carpet, in my keyboard, and every other place you can think of. There must be outrageous air circulation in this apartment (crazy enough to pick up hair and move it everywhere).
My hair was too long! There were too many negatives aspect to keeping it long. Every time I washed my hair I felt like a piece of hair or two came off my body per swipe of my hands. I must be going bald soon! Oh no! And for some odd reason once the hair detaches from my body, it disgusts me a bit; I have no idea why and it's even worse when the hair is wet or really dry. That's why cleaning the shower drain is always a terrible experience for me. I have always been afraid that my hair would tangle and knot up (You know how curly it is...) when I combed through it with my hands.
Then the hour came... The wait was over... The deed was done. A trimmer had not touched me in what seemed like forever. Then, it trimmed through and my fears of tangles and knots were gone!
I don't think my hair has been this short probably since high school. And it feels so... FREE! If you know me, I'm all about feeling relaxed and free and this haircut has brought more happiness to me. You'll never know how much better an experience can be with more freedom and less distraction if you don't try! The freedom of shorter hair is an instant satisfaction but the real payoff is in the cleanliness of my apartment. While I know hair will still fall off, it won't be long thick hair! It will be shorter and much less noticeable! The only downside so far is that it's a bit itchy for some unknown reason.
Haircuts are truly wonderful experiences!