Why I Cut My Hair

"It's just something about a woman with short hair that just screams POWER."

I CUT MY HAIR!!
That's right. Not a trim, but a full on hair cut!
I'm a very impulsive person and I was just so tired. That's the only way I can describe it. I was so tired of my hair, of letting it define my beauty, of the hassle.
So, I decided to chop my hair off. I made an appointment for the next day and I did it!

Liberation is not even the word to describe it. To cut off something I've been attached to my entire life. Hot comb after hot comb, perm to natural, to heat damage, to fro, from twist out to twist out I let my hair become a definition of who I was.
I was Kiersten, the tall girl with a fro.
No. I am Kiersten.
And I had to prove to myself how amazing I am without all of the outside circumstances.

India Arie is so right.
"I am not my hair."
Hair is such a huge part of black culture, and it always will be.
I have just decided to be who I am and do what I want to do.
It is crazy how short life is and I'm on a shamless journey to be 100% happy.
So many things are changing in my life and my hair had to go!

People keep asking me why I spent years growing out my natural hair just to cut it off.
Hair is HAIR. And it took me so long to realize that.
I will be the same person whether my fro touches the roof of my car or if it's barely long enough to twist.
People ask will I grow it back out.
Maybe one day, but for now I am loving the beauty and power I find in myself because of my short hair.
I have never felt so beautiful and so happy to just live in my skin.
Shoot I may keep cutting more.
I'm getting scissor and razor happy lol.

The point of this post is to say be who you are and do whatever you want to do!
Don't let what anyone says or thinks change your mind or view on life.
Live and Be Shameless.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support me on my life journey. I could not be here without you! I love you all so much.
Stay Happy. Stay Healthy.
~Naturallykbiggie