I Shaved My Head
My hair has been getting thinner and thinner, especially on my forehead and the back of my head. I assume no one else cares, but it was bothering me. In the words of Max Cherry:
“I guess I got a little sensitive about my hair a few years ago. It started falling out, so I did something about it.” – Robert Forster, Jackie Brown (1997)
2024, 2025, 2025 no hair
It was becoming pretty clear that I was either going to join team medication or team shaved-head. Taking a medication for the rest of my life didn’t feel right. So I am going to try this out for a bit and see if I like it. Ideally I can redirect my energy into other self-improvement efforts.
I’ve been cutting my hair shorter and shorter for years, so it’s not the biggest change, but I can tell already that this is going to take some time to get used to personally. I still assume other people don’t care.
Checking in on other goals -
- Waking up at 6:30 every day has survived work travel.
- My exercise has progressed to four days of kettle bells and two days of cardio. I am trying to take it easy on running to not put too much impact on joints.
- My morning checklist is solid
- My evening checklist is going strong
Things that aren’t going as well
- Balancing workouts with the mental and physical energy required to be social and do extra R&D at work is challenging. My hope is that the exercise becomes enough of a routine that I can find balance with the other things.
- Analog O’Clock and reducing Youtube are challenging.
- Journaling has stopped being every day.
New things
- I think it’s time for a Youtube break. At least 2 weeks
- It is clear I can’t out-metabolize my current diet. I’m trying a calorie counting app that is a bit more AI powered and adaptive (MacroFactor) to see if that helps me control portion sizes, etc.