FAIR's Rising Generation

Today, I decided to get a little more expensive haircut than I normally do.   It’s a once in a long while indulgence I take for the sake of exploration.  If I let a quality stylist do something and it looks good, I know what to tell cheaper stylists what I want when I let them attack my top.

As I sat in the chair, I noticed a couple things about me.  I have very fine, straight hair which means I can’t do very much with it without revealing a whole lot of ugly scalp.  In addition to doing nothing with my hair, I can pull off a fauxhawk and a side part.  At a forward looking 21, I stay away from the fauxhawk.  So as long as I bother to put it in, I have a hairstyle which looks sharp, professional, and probably displays my personality better than other types.

After I noticed my hairstyle, I looked at my neck.  I have a long neck, and it used to bother me a lot.  I studied how I could minimize it knowing, for better or for worse, I’m stuck with it.  With no luck, I had to stop letting it bother me.  Eventually, when I started to focus on my bad posture and worked to fix it, I noticed that having better posture made me more satisfied with my neck length, and I avoided years of embarrassment over something that shouldn’t be that embarrassing.

No one is so customizable that they can pull of any look they want.  But anyone can take their image and look nice.  If we keep confidence in our shape, proportions, and distinctive features, we’ll have confidence that flows into other parts of our lives.

Be proud of who you are, don’t try to fit a mold that isn’t you, and if you are a guy with thin, straight hair, try using a little paste or clay instead of gel.

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