Written by Jacob Cassidy

No Shaving Beard or Cutting Hair Vow

Topic: Life Updates

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I first made a vow not to cut my hair when I started classes at Boulder College of Massage Therapy in January 2008. At the time, I had never followed through on anything taking longer than 4 weeks, with the exception of somehow managing to graduate High School.

I vowed I’d never cut my hair again until I graduated. It was sort of a hero’s journey for me. A chance to prove to myself I did have the power to actually complete something long term. And when I did, my self confidence grew dramatically.

Still, I didn’t cut my hair after I completed my vow. I liked how it looked and became attached to it somewhat. My hair is currently longer than anyone in my family, females included, much to my amusement.

And now, I’m making a new vow, this time the vow is to not cut, trim, or otherwise alter my growing beard and ever increasing hair length. I’m going full caveman style from the neck up.

I have two milestones I must reach before this vow is completed:

• Generate $2000 net profit in 1 calendar month from online recurring means.
• Bodybuild to 200 lbs.

The significances of these milestones are – $2000 is about the baseline amount I need to be able to fully support myself while being able to live in whatever state I choose – and 200 lbs is the leap to the next level in my physical transformation.

I’m projecting I’ll have completed both of these by mid summer. Then I’ll be able to trim my beard back down to a civilized length and get my hair trimmed and styled as well. I may even shave my entire head and start sportin’ a naked noggin. I plan on doing that at some point, but most likely not for another year or two.

My weekly updates on Operation Herculean will reveal how crazy my beard and hair becomes as I embark on this new journey. Going to be interesting ;)

Posted on February 5, 2010

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