These past few years, I have decided to be very experimental with my hair. Growing up, I had very rarely done anything truly permanent to it. I would occasionally do a boxed dye, to see what I would like as a platinum blonde, red-head, or brunette. I would occasionally do highlights. But then I decided to do something fun. I took all of the hair that was almost down to just past the middle of my back, and bleached it and dyed it blue. I loved it. From that point on, I did all sorts of cool colors. At some point, I decided I wanted to shave the underside of my head, because I had always thought it was so cool. I was not disappointed. From there, I cut my hair shorter and shorter, until I ended up with a pixie cut. Sometimes I find myself missing my hair, and sometimes I'm glad the dead weight is gone.

Why I Miss My Hair:

1. When I see cute styles on Pinterest

Pinterest is honestly the worst. I see so many cute hair styles with long hair, and I feel my phantom strands of hair around my shoulder. *sigh* Just have to wait a few more years.

2. When the wind blows through my hair

Yeah, I may have wanted to use the gif, but in all honesty, I actually do miss when the wind would hit my hair just right. It kind of made me feel like a Disney princess.

3. My ears get cold.

When I had long hair, I could usually rely on it to keep my ears relatively warm. Now, I bring hats with me to class just in case my ears suddenly go numb with the cold.

4. Braiding my hair

Braiding my hair was always so relaxing for me. (Probably because it took so long to get all of it done). So one thing I definitely miss is being able to sit back in my chair and class, and braid while listening to a presentation.

One of my tics, when I was nervous or bored, was twirling my hair. It looks really weird when I try to twirl my short hair...

Why I Do Not Miss My Long Hair:

1. Shampooing is so much easier.

My hair was so thick in addition to being long that I would literally have to fill my palm twice with shampoo. Even then I had to spread it out to make sure all of my hair was lathered up.

2. Not having to spend 30 minutes doing my hair in the morning

One thing I definitely do NOT miss is how much time I wasted brushing or doing my hair in the morning. Thirty minutes to an hour. That's not an exaggeration. Now? I occasionally take a comb through it. Maybe add some mousse. Five minutes tops.

Short hair means that I can bleach and dye my hair all sort of cool colors, then a month or two later, I can chop it all off and start again!

4. No tangles or nests!

The absolute worst part of long hair was having to detangle it every five minutes. If the wind blew the wrong way, I had an instant 'rat's nest'.

One thing I hated, and I mean hated, about having long hair, was finding strands everywhere. Though I cut my hair from very long to chin length last winter, I am still finding strands of super long hair, in my new college room.