BEARD VS. LIFE: What is Hear The Beard?
When I started this whole “Hear The Beard” thing a year ago it was honestly nothing more than a just a catchy tagline for me to use; a way for me to brand myself using my most prominent and memorable physical feature. But as time has gone on it’s grown into something that, for myself at least, is far greater than that. It has given me a platform to not only express my mantra and life philosophy, but a way to give others what my beard has given me.
Now for those of you chuckling to yourself right now after you read that last line, yes I am very much aware of how ridiculous that sounds. On the surface my beard is nothing more than course, maybe even pubic looking hair, which grows on my face and makes eating an unnecessary challenge. And while I can’t deny that the current “beard craze” has garnered me some welcome attention from the opposite sex, that’s not what I mean when I talk about what my beard has given me. What I am talking about though is what my beard has come to represent for me in my life. In all honesty it’s not really about the beard at all. What its really about is how I have used my beard as a positive trigger for me in my life. Every time I look at it, it triggers a feeling of strength in me that reminds me to keep going after the things that make me happy. A feeling that has leant itself to allowing me to become comfortable with being myself.
When I first started growing out my beard 2 years ago there wasn’t quite the beard craze there is now. I can distinctly remember my friends making fun of it, girls telling me they wouldn’t sleep with me unless I shaved and the countless (and I mean countess) terrorist jokes made at my expense. But I stuck with it because it was something I wanted and now look: half of my friends have attempted to grow a beard themselves, I meet girls who are attracted to me mainly due to the fact that I have a beard and while I must admit the terrorist jokes still do happen, my beard has provided me with a brand that has led to opportunities I could have only dreamed about 2 years ago.
This whole thing is really just an example of me doing something that made me happy and not deviating from it because of other people’s opinions or social stigmas. Something as simple and down right silly as growing a beard has provided me with the confidence to go after the things I want in this life with refusal to conform what is “normal”. And that’s what this whole “Hear The Beard” thing is about. It’s about me documenting my journey as I set out to build the life I want to lead, stopping along the way to enjoy all of the amazing things that life has to offer; all done with the hope that I can inspire others to do the same.
This is me finding my own version of happiness via good music, late nights, cool clothes, great food and whatever else comes my way.
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