Another weekend update missed! But at least I’m catching myself a couple of days later. This weekend was an hour trip to my barber/beard trimmer. It’s so hard to find “new” good ... what are they properly called? Service? Daily life? I mean what do you call your hairdresser, dentist, doctor, chiropractor, etc? You spend years trying to find a reliable, competent, and amazing person to provide X service/luxury and then when you move, at least any distance away, you have to start over again. It’s no bueno man. But I distress I currently live about 2.5 hours from my hairdresser. Where I used to live was 1 hour away from my beard barber, where I currently live is still about 1.25 hours from the beard barber so I woke up crack of dawn on Saturday to get there in time for the only available slot he had, and also got him to trim my hair, which he did amazingly by the way.
In writing all of this I can see how some people would probably mark me down as snooty or rich because I have a beard trimmer AND barber and drive long distance to go to him.
Keep in mind previously I lived in the middle of nowhere, where your choice of hair cuts was either some sport cuts that only buzzes all your hair off well, or an extremely overpriced salon that focuses on perms for little white haired old ladies (including the little white hair old ladies who refuse to acknowledge they have white hair and instead pay untold amounts of money to have someone put god knows what on their head to help them lie to themselves and others around them. ... but I digress)
Where was I? I’m not rich. Far from it. I struggled with depression a couple of years ago, and through some self discovery you didn’t that a good massage, a good scalp rub, a good anything that is self-pampering or hygiene related does wonders for how you feel. At least it does for me. I hope it might help others too.
Growing up I feel like I was around a lot of people who were “a tip is 10% max, 5% if they could have done better, and nothing if they didn’t earn it” which is ludicrous. And I mean I didn’t get that entirely from my father because he was never that bad, but I still feel it’s a good example. Kind of. Aside jaunt but I tip 20% flat, but my “personal care companions?”
Get much larger tips, usually around 30-40%
As time for me to clock in quickly approaches I must wrap up.
TLDR you become attached to the lives of others who help you be a better you. You go out of your way to be with those people and to show them you appreciate them. I go far for my personal care companions because they take care of me, and do it well, and it’s worth a larger chunk of my money to feel good about the job, the people, and enriching each other.
Bigger update this weekend. I promise.
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