A Part of the Story

People seem to always say, “Try something different with your hair, maybe you’ll have more luck with styling.” Not saying this happens to everyone but when I got “inspired” to cut my hair shorter (like 5 inches at the time) it did not end well. Well, it curled under and did not look the way I wanted it to. These days I keep my hair long and my cut is almost the same each time, with minor corrections over time as I learn. So what do I change?

Back in college, I realized I shouldn’t be brushing my hair all. the. time. I used to do it every morning, before every shower, every time I was in my bathroom and could pull out my brush basically, because although I could get how I wanted it to look in front of the mirror. It always seemed like it changed for the worst within 5 minutes of walking away. The lesson that I had to learn was that because my hair isn’t stick-straight, nor is it all curly, I brush it less often and leave the locks of curls in place more. It wasn’t about making the time to brush and then curl it all or straighten it all every gosh darn morning.

Here’s the other part of the story. (See what I did there?) Many people have problems with cowlicks when they’re styling their hair, I have two at the top, and it leaves my parts going, well, everywhere. I’ve tried both sides different spots, and a middle part. One thing that helps is parting my hair in the middle before a shower and then making a new part in the morning, don’t ask me why, but it’s working to help control what my hair does during the day.

So when someone says “maybe you need to change up your look for your hair to work right” consider that small changes may make all the difference you need. Honestly, this idea could easily go beyond hair, think about times people have tried to change your entire opinion on a subject, or when someone says you need to “find a new style” or “just replace everything” when talking about your car or computer. There may be one element that’s just a little off that a bit of simple trial and error could fix before you have to face a (potentially costly) potential mistake, as I did with that not-so-great haircut a decade ago.