Has the Pandemic Inspired You To Do Something Bold?

Last week, I was casually scrolling through Instagram stories when I stopped on my friend, Molly Jackson’s account as it read “I’m buzzing my hair tonight.” As I clicked through I watched as she  started chopping off her blonde shoulder length locks with surprise + adrenaline fused glee as her husband filmed and supported her in the background. I got to the end of the stories and there wasn’t yet a final reveal–it was happening almost in real time!–and I went back and tried to piece together what prompted this bold move. It’s not my story to tell, so I’ll direct you to Molly’s post here, but in short she has wanted to do this since high school. (But believe me, there is much more to it than that… Molly is a survivor.)

Two days later a local friend texted me a picture of herself with a newly shaved head and said, “How do you like my cut?” To be clear, these two friends don’t know each other at all. This same friend also cited that she had wanted to do this for a long time and is tired of the upkeep with hair dye and regular hair appointments.

That same week, I saw a post on Cup of Jo of a woman who also shaved her head in quarantine. Again, citing a long-time desire to shave her head and she figured what better time than now?

I can’t be certain, but it seems that the extreme circumstances of the pandemic and ensuing quarantine are bringing people’s inner desires to do something bold to the surface. Personally I’ve never had a desire to buzz my head (also, I have a big scar on the top of my head that I’m pretty sure happened when I hit my head on the corner of the bathroom counter when I was a kid and when I looked in the mirror and thought I had red bubblegum in my hair (which I later realized was blood!) I never told anyone. It might have needed stitches.) but it has been making me think, “Is there something bold I’ve always wanted to do and now would be the perfect time?” Honestly, I can’t think of anything. Ha!

I’m curious, have any of you made similar bold moves out there? Something you’ve always wanted to do that has suddenly felt like the right time to do it? Are you contemplating something? Tell us so we can give you the push (or pull) you might need!