After years of wanting to have long hair then chopping it and then repeating this process I’ve learned one thing: If you keep chopping your hair and you don’t ultimately want to, there is a reason.
For me, it was because I wasn’t satisfied with myself.
As I really looked at myself and why this was, I realized that when I was trying to change my hair, I was really just trying to change things about myself that really weren’t necessary.
So what if my personality is different from others. So what if someone else looks ‘cute’ and my natural look is more of a classy serious look. So what if someone naturally has an edginess that I don’t in my personality. I’m very simple and a perfectionist and I’ve learned who I really am and have found what hair really works best for me. And I am now, truly, growing my hair out but I am honest with myself; If, as my hair gets long and is a mess, I’m going to have to trim it a bit to keep it neat, also according to my hair-time constraints when it comes to styling.
Really, I’ve found the best way to keep it long is to know yourself and not try to be someone else. We are beautiful, no matter who we are and we should consider our true selves when it comes to hair, not what we see on or in someone else and try to BE that.
So, yeah. Lesson learned. And by the way, I am thinking that one day I will grow my hair down to mid-back. Just because I can. And because I like being able to wear long hair up or wear my hair in it’s natural waves :)
