The "Don't Check Your Length" thread!

**pariate** · March 13th, 2011, 06:57 AM

First apology - sorry if this should be on the projects/polls board, feel free to move it if it's in the wrong place.

Second apology - I couldn't find another thread on this subject, but do please tell me if such a thread already exists and I shall join it.

I'm currently at BSL and am soooooo impatient for it to get longer. I've decided to avoid checking my length for.... um.... 3 months? Oh god, I'll never make it! Naturally, we all observe our hair as part of our daily routine, so what I propose is not using mirrors/suchlike to take accurate account of our growth. We've all been there - checking the length every week, desperately searching for obvious progress. Ditch the mirrors, try to forget about it, and give yourself a pleasant surprise in a couple of months.

Does anyone else want to join me?

(I'm so sure that there must be another thread like this somewhere, but my searches haven't thrown anything up. )

**jasper** · March 13th, 2011, 07:04 AM

I used to check monthly and it drove me a little crazy, I support you in not checking!

**pariate** · March 13th, 2011, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by jasper

I used to check monthly and it drove me a little crazy, I support you in not checking!

Thanks. I'm also trying not to speculate about how much growth I'll get in that time. Just forget, forget.....

**NouvelleNymphe2** · March 13th, 2011, 07:49 AM

good idea

, it helps me to stop thinking about it and leave it alone.

**pariate** · March 13th, 2011, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by NouvelleNymphe2

good idea

, it helps me to stop thinking about it and leave it alone.

See you on 11th June then?

I think it'll also encourage me to wear it up more.

**CAPA7** · March 13th, 2011, 08:06 AM

I don't check my length regularly, I have no idea how many inches my hair is, but every time I have a look, it seems to me it's still BSL. I'm pretty sure it's longer than that now, probably mid back, but everytime I look in the mirror I can't help thinking "why hasn't it changed?!"
Very good idea not to check for a couple of months!

**BLove** · March 13th, 2011, 08:16 AM

I gave up wearing my hair down for lent. After the 40 days I will check it. If it is down I check it all day long. I am about an inch from waist, am hoping to make it in the 40 days.

**see_turtle** · March 13th, 2011, 08:24 AM

I visually check it multiple times a day with mirrors but I hold off on measuring and taking length shots and do it every 3 months (Dec, Apr,Aug...)...I should stop looking at it from the back every day! I vow not to again until April 23rd when I measure next!

**Vorvolaka** · March 13th, 2011, 09:21 AM

I'm in! Or, at least I'll try to be in.

I take a photo of my length every three months and I have just done one the other day. So, by the time I'm ready to take another photo, the three months of not checking will be up.

See y'all in June!

**Xandergrammy** · March 13th, 2011, 09:23 AM

The last time I measured was on November 12, 2010- the day of my first trim in 15 years (and also the day before my son's wedding!) I made myself crazy in the beginning of LHC measuring every month and hardly seeing any growth, so I'm thinking I won't measure until maybe June? Thanks for this thread.