Once I began to celebrate my unbound hair, I felt liberated. I began to do my own hair, experiment with updos (http://www.curlynikki.com/2011/02/dont-get-it-twisted-natural-hair-updo.html) and try out new hair accessories (http://www.etsy.com/shop/BoutiqueDeBandeaux). I really did feel reborn.
I think it was also at this time that I began to work it out as a consultant. I have always had an interest in the “people side” of business. Stick me in a cubicle with a spreadsheet and I’ll die of boredom BUT put me in a room full of consultants who need to learn how to do spreadsheets or a cubicle to train a troubled employee and I am ON (I’ve always loved to teach which is one reason I’m so happy that I’m now a college professor, whew-hew for pursuing dreams!).
Yes, I might be overstating it to say that my hair led to me finding my groove at work, but I can tell you that fully embracing myself led me to become even more fearless, creative and willing to take educated risks. Alice Walker talked about how “oppressed hair puts a ceiling on your brain” during a Founder’s Day at Spelman College in Atlanta, April 11, 1987. Check it out: http://www.endarkenment.com/hair/essays/walker.htm.
Image of Alice Walker found at: http://images.quickblogcast.com/62130-54495/Alice_Walker1.jpg
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