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I’ve been keeping *mostly* quiet about this for a while until I knew things were set in stone. But now that it is, I can happily announce that I start hair school on November 8th! This is a dream I’ve had since I was a teen. A story.
When I graduated high school at the ripe old age of 17, I wanted to apply for hair school, but my parents *encouraged* (read: pressure) me to apply for university as I was an honour student and they saw the possibilities there.
So I applied to University to complete a Bachelor of Science in Biology. I thought I could maybe one day be happy in Marine Biology. But also being a 17 year old and schooling coming east to me, I never picked up actual study habits in high school.
So long story short, I failed half my classes in my first year but discovered an interest in Psychology (it was one of the classes I actually excelled at). But I wasn’t sure if that’s the path I wanted to take. So I dropped out of university after that first semester.
I dropped out with the intention of pursuing my dream and going to hair school. But again, I was only a few months older at that point so I was persuaded not to go that route. I decided I would go back to university.
With the intention of doing hair as a hobby once I was settled in a “real career”. Things had happened personally that I’d rather not get into in this thread, but I decided to switch into Human Justice (particularly Criminal Justice) so that I could understand what happened to me
So that’s what I did. I went back to University, completed my Bachelor of Human Justice, and started my “career” as a Probation Officer for the SK Government. It went okay for a while. I specialized in Domestic Violence and was starting to branch into the Sexual Offences.
But I wasn’t happy. A few years after starting I decided this wasn’t for me. I was good at it - really good at it - but I came home every night drained and miserable. So I decided after having my second baby I wasn’t going to return after my maternity leave.
But what does someone with that specialized of skills do after that when they don’t want to work in the Criminal Justice system or adjacent? So I worked in car sales for a few months before the pandemic. This was purely for Bill-paying purposes.
But then the pandemic hit and I couldn’t work anymore as schools and daycares were shut down. And when they started to reopen I decided to stay home with the kids until covid was better understood so that we could be as safe as possible.
I’ve always gone back to Hair school and becoming a hair stylist when I wasn’t actively pursuing other academics. It’s something I love. I love the idea of making people happy and to feel beautiful. I also love expressing creativity through physical appearance.
So this dream finally coming to fruition in 2020, the WORST year of my life, has really saved me. I haven’t felt this elated on a really really long time. I think if you’ve been putting off your dreams for a while, now is a great time to pick it back up. /end
