Another reason I stopped shaving was because I received an electric trimmer through a game of "dirty santa" a few weeks back. At the time it seemed a funny thing for me to take because I've never had a beard. But I knew this was my opportunity to try it.
A week into my shaving strike, I realized that I was going to have tidy it up if I intended on maintaining respect at work. I pulled Cari into the bathroom with me and my new trimmer. I had no idea where to start. How much do I shave? Where do I draw the line? I asked Cari these questions but she didn't have many answers. She reminded me that she has never had a beard either. If I screwed up too much, I'd have to shave completely and start over. I had worked so hard at not shaving, I'd hate to start over now. I started by shaving the hair off of my neck. Roughly tracing a line below my jaw bone I instantly knew I was on the right path.
Cari, who initially hated my shaving strike, agreed that it looked much better after some trimming.
I'm now on a schedule that requires me to shape it up or trim it about twice a week. It's not as much of a chore as shaving every day, but it takes more thought than just shaving my whole face. I'm starting to realize that having a beard is about as much work as not having one. This isn't going to be the vacation from shaving that I thought it could be.
Beard 1.0 has come in enough now to get noticed at work. There were a few days when I would get multiple coworkers stopping me and making comments. "Are you growing a beard?", they'd ask. I thought it was kinda a dumb question and I normally responded with an equally dumb response. Something along the lines of, "It's starting to look that way."
I'm going to keep this going for a while. Initially, I thought I'd stop at the end of the month, but the longer I have it, the more it kinda grows on me!
3 comments:
Makes you look older. Just sayin :)
I agree, you look more mature.
I like the way you look. With or with out the beard. Very handsome!!
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