[I'm trying to do 31 new things in my 31st year. is the full list of what I'm doing, with linked updates.]
When I was about 7, I cut my own hair. I had bangs and a pageboy, and I hated it, so I took matters into my own hands. When I got in trouble almost immediately after, I thought fast and blamed my best friend, thinking I’d be off the hook and my mom would never call her mom. I was so wrong. Megan got in trouble, and I’m fairly sure she never really forgave me [and neither did my mom].
In the last five years or so, I’ve repeated this home haircut – I get annoyed with how my hair is behaving, and I cut it. And then I regret it. The only salon haircut I’ve had since 2006 was from a hair modeling gig I did, where the cut turned out a little bit like this. For the most part, though, my hairstyles for the past five years has been cycling through these two moods [ragecomic via the lovely Redditor MizGinger].
However, since March, I’ve mostly left it alone. This is where I am now:
I’m planning on posting an occasional update photo so you can see how well I’m doing with this goal. Maybe if I’m feeling fancy, I’ll make an animated gif. Fun times!
[Yeah, that's right. I put a silly Photo Booth picture on my blog. Sans makeup. So what? I'm not currently dating a professional photographer. Sue me.]
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2 comments
Bobby says:
Dec 22, 2011
i really LOVE your hair right now!
Emily Abigail says:
Dec 23, 2011
See, I’m kind of the opposite. I’m not very girly in any other way. But, getting my hair “did” regularly is something I’ve always “splurged” on. I’ve gone to the same ahh-mazing hairstylist since I was in high school. I trust her more than I trust most other people. Ha!
All this is to say, I am kind of trying to grow my hair out as well, but you are being much, much more successful than myself. You look lovely!