Loc Journey Begins
So, I have decided to start my loc journey. It is been almost 3 years since I cut off my huge Afro and have been rocking a short cut for the past two years. In the last year I did another cut in September 2023, and just yesterday I decided to loc my current length of hair. I'm excited for this journey, but there is some fear as well.
Lots tend to have a lot of representation attached to them, and a lot of stereotypes are apart of that. While I am not worried about how my loss will be received in the corporate world, there is a constant comparison between my hair and others, that I have to get over. I don't have any true reason behind getting locks other than simply wanting them, and wanting to try something new.
It has been a rough transformation going from my afro to a short cut and understanding how I look & love myself is different than the past three years. I do think this journey will provide some more introspection into how I see myself and how I value my look as well. I don't want to take this so seriously to where I become diligent in a way that I became with my former Afro.
Hopefully I can recieve this as a beginning to something new, and a needed change.
