a fresh perspective

subtle shifts to stop stagnation

Big week, my friends: I chopped off my hair and left my house! This autumn, I’ve felt a bit stagnant and lackluster, impeded by a nondescript heaviness. Erikson’s idea that the developmental challenge in midlife is “stagnation vs generativity” kept playing in my head. As entered my birthday month and the long Colorado winter ahead, I wanted some oomph! So last week, I got a new lid and accompanied my girlfriend on a business trip to San Diego. And ya know, I’m starting to feel movement. Sometimes it takes “getting your ears lowered” (as my grandfather would say whenever he got a haircut) and plopping yourself into a new climate to shake shit up!

“A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.” Coco Chanel

Save for a few bouts of terrible perms and mall-bangs in the late 80s, I’ve had the same hair my whole life. Over these past few years, I’ve been working from home in my sweats (at least on the bottom) and can get away with my air-dried long hair just hanging there, but wheneve…