Reader Submission
She wrote to us saying she almost canceled the appointment.
Not because she didn’t need a haircut, but because she wasn’t used to putting herself on the schedule.
This is her story.
For years, I didn’t make hair appointments.
I fit haircuts in when there was time left over—after work, after errands, after taking care of everyone else.
Most of the time, there wasn’t any time left.
I’m in my mid-fifties. I’ve spent a long stretch of my life looking after other people. First my children, then my parents. Somewhere in between, my own needs became flexible. Optional.
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