hAIR and Opportunity

EP. 58 hAIR and Opportunity Spring 2020. Everything's closed, nobody knows anything, and my hair is getting wild.

The shops still open had raised their prices — and they were right to. A barber can't work from home.

His whole job is standing six inches from a stranger's face for forty-five minutes, eight times a day, in a pandemic nobody understood yet. That wasn't a markup.

That was hazard pay. I couldn't pay it.

So I stood in my bathroom with exactly two things: air and opportunity. Then I ordered clippers.

And the first cut was bad. That was six years ago.

I've been cutting my own hair ever since — and this episode is what it actually taught me. Spoiler: it was never about saving money on a haircut.

IN THIS EPISODE • Why grown men won't start anything they'd be bad at • The season of hats — and why the ugly stage isn't optional • Guard numbers, mirror setups, and the clipper hygiene nobody does • Don't chase the line. Perfectionism with clippers in its hand • What I gained, and the room full of men I quietly gave up VOTE — TOP HOST 2026 You can vote every 24 hours.

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I know what the job is now. Do it yourself.

Just don't do it alone. Mental health matters.

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