TL;DR: I cut my hair.
I started growing my hair out at the beginning of undergrad, and I’ve had long hair ever since. I usually keep it back in a pony tail. Younger me always thought that I’d keep the long hair until I went bald enough that the pony tail started to look silly.
My hairline has been slowly receding and my hair has been thinning all around. So I thought about cutting it, but didn’t follow through. Sadly, there’s this striking bald patch on top. I wouldn’t notice if it weren’t for the overhead camera posted at the grocery store self-checkout:
Today seemed like the best possible moment. It was my last day of teaching for the term, so I won’t just show up to class with a new coiffure. And if I were overcome with regret, I have the whole summer to let it grow out.
Here’s the side-by-side comparison:
From the front, the new do looks like the old do in a pony tail. So there are no pangs of regret yet.