The attributes I admire in others are invariably the things that I am most deficient in: the ability to order in a restaurant and be understood first time, to self-motivate to go running in the cold, to make decisions about haircuts, to make decisions in general...
A bob is a decision. It's a risky purchase that you can't take back to the shop. When I see a girl with a bob, I think (admiringly): 'That girl has made a decision'.
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4. Lee Coren (via Miss Moss); 5. The White Pepper
4. Lee Coren (via Miss Moss); 5. The White Pepper
This inability to make decisions runs in my family. My sister recently spent two weeks solid trawling through online camera reviews to help her decide (or to decide and then undecide) which one to buy her boyfriend for Christmas. The Christmas deadline for this was probably the only reason she bought one at all. No deadline = no decision. Just endless internet research.
I try to get round this by booking hair appointments well in advance – creating a deadline – in the hope that by that far-off date I'll be forced into choosing one way or another. It has never worked before (I continue to have pedestrian hair) but I keep on trying.
After all the internet research and the thinking and the pros and cons lists though, the funny thing about hair decisions is that even if you do end up with a haircut you hate, it's hair, it's there, it grows, and you just find a way to get along with it. In the end, it's just not that important really, I guess.
I am glad to hear I am not the only person affected by hair decision phobias. Before I sit down in the chair, I am guaranteed to have already changed my mind 6 or 7 times. Then, I find myself telling the hairstylist I want something I had never even considered before. There is nothing like going to the salon to show you how little you know what you want.
ReplyDeleteBobs are timeless. That's how I finally decided it's the best haircut for me. And even with a bob, in the hands of a really good stylist, every few months it's easy to tweak it a bit and have a totally different look. Because I can't stick with one haircut for more than a few months. I'm with you (and your family) on agonizing over decisions. Recently I heard a lecture about how even "objective" decisions are subjective, simply by the fact that we decide on the categories and on which "facts" carry more weight. It fascinated me, and it's something I've been thinking about every time I make a decision.
ReplyDeletehaha, well how I understand you (and Savannah, who commented above:)When I was about to cut my hair short,I closed my eyes and told the hairdresser "allez,go" and you know the result of my bob was pretty amazing. It was like a theraphy both for hair and the soul :)
ReplyDeleteLove this. I just chopped my hair, and it's true. The more you mess with it, the more clear it is that what you do with hair it's not that important. It's impossible to do anything permanent anyway.
ReplyDeleteHilarious! I'm super indecisive myself, and being an obsessive researcher just makes matters worse. But after maybe a year of collecting options:
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I finally went for it:
http://www.nomadicd.com/2012/11/chocolate.html
And you know what? Once it's done it doesn't seem like such a big deal at all. It's hair, it'll grow. And quickly too, once it's short you realize how damn fast it actually does grow! I say go for it!!
That reminds me... I need a haircut! But I always end up not planning my hair style in advance and deciding what I want in the last second (usually when I'm already sitting in the salon's chair)!
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