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The Comfy Business Newsletter | Laura

Undercut

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

What small thing causes you disproportionate rage discomfort Reader?
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Me? I HATE the feeling of my hair touching my neck. HATE it. Yes, captial letter, actually shouting HATE it.


And because I like to have my hair short, even putting it in a ponytail brings no relief because the hair at the back of my head is was too short to tie up.

As the weather warmed up in May, I decided I wanted to get an undercut (have the hair at the nape of my neck shaved really short).

I didn’t do it because:

1. I am not good at asking for what I want/need (I'm working on this)
2. I don’t like sitting still to get my hair cut.

It is now September.

The hot weather has passed.

As has the optimum time to get an undercut.

Today I got it done anyway.

Because I still wanted it.

And yes, the best time to have it done was way back in May.

​But the second-best time was right now.

If there is a source of friction in your business, marketing, or anywhere in your life that’s been aggravating you for far too long, and it feels like the best time to address it has passed. That’s OK. Because the second-best time to fix it is right now.

Telling my friend that I really wanted to have an undercut gave me the momentum I needed to do this. If you want to tell someone about the friction point you’re fed up with, reply to this email.

P.S. Chapter 7 of the Comfy Business Playbook is called Chafe-Hunting and it’s all about finding and eliminating friction. If you already own it you access it here.

​Or get the ebook for free here.​

P.P.S. The cut looks like this

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The Comfy Business Newsletter | Laura

Online Marketing Mentor | Neuro-ambiguous spoonie | she/her

Join thousands of readers building a business that works around Life Stuff (like chronic physical or mental health conditions, recovery from big life events, caring responsibilities). I send two-ish emails each week, to help you enjoy a more comfy business and life.

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