Simplify

This past month, I realized that my long hair took about an hour and a half to air-dry.  Blow-dryers are terribly noisy and uncomfortable, but the air-drying was becoming onerous--one shower, and suddenly I was "grounded" in this lovely wintry weather.

Of course, the next thought I had was, "Maybe it's time to go short again."  The difficulty with really short hair is that when you are overweight, it highlights lovely things like a mini-roll of fat on the back of the neck.  So...I needed comfort, simplicity (to air dry, perchance to avoid hair products!!), and volume.  Google was the answer.

Google Search Term:  "Short hairstyles for fat faces."
Results:  Soooooooooooo many results!

I even found a lovely website where you could upload your chubby visage and superimpose different hairstyles on top of your particular face.  That was wicked amounts of fun, because the highs were high, and the lows were...well...disturbingly Trump-like (hilarious).

I took the best results to Sarah Tebo.  Sarah, the best hairstylist I've found in Potsdam to date, executed a lovely cut that is part bob, and part pixie.  It's a bixie!

All I have to do is wash, towel-dry, and get moving.  The more tousled it gets, the more voluminous (and pretty) the style gets.  This is particularly wonderful at the gym, where I used to cuss quietly at the little bobby-pins that fell out while I used the elliptical.  For fancy occasions, a headband, perhaps with a flower on the side.

This movement towards simplicity is something I've attempted in the name of keeping my sanity during a time of extreme transitions.  My mentor has retired after a long, illustrious career.  I have reached the sandwich generation (in which you worry about the kiddos AND your parents).  I'm using reading glasses (dubbed "cheaters" if you're unfamiliar with the lingo).  Simplification allows for fewer worries and a faster morning routine...which enables me to have wonderful Introvert Time with my books and my kitties before hitting the road.

Be well, fellow Introverts.