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She wrote to us about a haircut, but what she was really writing about was time.
Not the years behind her—but the pressure she finally let go of.
The following is her story. Lightly edited, shared with permission.
For a long time, I thought every change I made had to count.
Every haircut.
Every new choice.
Every small decision.
I treated them like they were my last chance to get it right.
I’m in my mid-fifties now, and somewhere along the way, I started feeling like there were no more do-overs. Like whatever I chose next had to fix something.
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