November Meme: Day 19 - Something You Regret (Like Tony in my icon.)

Day 19 - Something I Regret

Oh, there's plenty I regret. Not finishing college for one (even though I had something of a good reason for dropping out). I regret getting a perm in fourth grade and again in ninth grade (you'd think I'd learn). I regret that I let other people's opinions of me, real and imagined, keep me from trying out more things in high school and college. I regret I stayed with my college boyfriend for as long as I did and I allowed myself to accept being his dirty little secret for so long. So, yeah, there's a lot of things I regret.

But I don't let those things keep me from planning my life.

I can go back to school. Maybe it won't be for the sorts of degrees I was initially planning to get, but I can still get a higher education so long as I'm still breathing. I can't change the bad hairstyles or go back and fix my dating life, but those don't things don't matter now except for the wisdom they give me not to repeat my mistakes.

One of the wisest things my friend Deec ever told me shortly after we first met was, "It's impossible to live a life without any regrets. The best you can do is minimize the amount you'll have." It's something I still believe and bear in mind when life throws me those delightful curveballs.

( The Meme )

My hair is gone!

So, after about three years, give or take, of having very long hair, today I chopped off about twelve-plus inches of hair.

To give you an idea, my hair was down to my butt and now it's just a smidge more than shoulder length. I went with an awesome layered cut that frames my face and is easy for me to play with and style. Also, the woman who cut my hair did the kiddo's too and she did an amazing job on both of us. Now I have a place to go to here in town and it was very inexpensive.

(As for the hair cut off, it was donated to Locks of Love.)