(conclusion) Every Bear Does It At Least Once

[jpinsd]

So, due to the overwhelming response, I will be growing the beard back. Thank you all for voting!

I'm actually pretty happy with that, considering i was missing the beard about 3 minutes after I shaved it off. I'm still having to deal with the gray, tho. I'm not bothered that I have gray hair, it's what it represents.

As some of you know, I spent over a decade cocooned away, not doing much of anything. Although I'm 41, I still feel like I'm 31 — until I see all that gray. It reminds me that I wasted 10 years: not dating, not falling in love, not living, just hiding.

So now i'm trying to make up for lost time :-)

I decided to keep a visual record of how long it takes to grow the beard back (inspired by bigkid's same photo record).

Here's day 1

Comments

[jpinsd.livejournal.com]

Good advice, and i think that is my next step. I need to look in the mirror each morning and think about all the potentially cool people I have yet to meet, and the places to go, and experiences to be had. I need to use the gray hair as a visual kick in the butt; as a way of saying "do it now, while you can, and enjoy it!".

I do think i'm doing that a bit already. Yes, it does feel good to be mixin' it up again, and with such a great group of people!

So, yeah, you're all right. It's time to move past the regrets, and focus on the future; a future filled with good friends, and dancing shirtless with a ton of hunky guys. ;-)


New mood : Optimistic