Pennsif’s Progress #576 – Hair today, gone tomorrow
Tomorrow my wife is going to cut my hair.
In fact she has been cutting my hair every 8 weeks or so since we got married 31 years ago.
That is an amazing 200 free haircuts.
It was primarily for money saving reasons that my wife started cutting my hair. We were rather short of cash when we first got married.
Back in the day a haircut at a barber would have cost around US$10. Now it will be nearer US$20.
So over the years we have saved somewhere in the region of US$3000 - US$4000. A rather useful sum of money.
My hair has in fact been quite a good source of saving.
I haven't used a comb (or a watch for that matter) since I moved to Wales nearly 20 years ago. And 18 months ago I went all-in with the 'No Poo' approach to hair care when I gave up using shampoo.
Although saving the £££ was a big part of my hair strategy, it wasn't the only factor.
We wanted to 'stick it to the man' and wave another small flag for self-reliance.
I wish was practically adept enough to do many more things for myself and up my self-reliance score more.
I did attempt to cut my wife's hair in return but that didn't work out so well. Women's hair is a wee bit trickier.
How useful it would have been if I could serviced my own car all these years, or tiled the bathroom, or fixed the roof.
I can handle raising animals, growing food and cooking but I have never been much of a DIY'er.
There was never any practical subjects for me at school, and whacking my Dad on the head with a hammer when we were building the rabbit hutch rather dented my hopes of much parental tuition.
I wonder what a curriculum would look like if we decided to go all in on teaching the skills of self-reliance to our children. Homeschoolers and unschoolers have got the edge here, but imagine if schools went that way as well.
Education for Self-Reliance... now that would be a thing.
PROJECTS :
A Dollar A Day charitable giving project : July 2018 - summary of donations received and given out
Pennsif's Sustainability Curation Digest for MSP - week ending 19 August 2018
BLOGS :
Pennsif’s Progress #577 – The Organic Goldmine and a three legged dog
Pennsif’s Progress #578 – Mr Goose saves the day
RADIO :
The Alternative Lifestyle Show - Friday 17 August 2018 [recording]
My Life in 8 Songs - Thursday 23 August - with @luzcypher, @prc & @inthenow
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Love it! $10 or $20 might not seem like a ton of money - but it really does add up over time! It's so fun to find those little pockets of savings. Make 5-10 easy changes like that and you've got a nice little sum of money at the end of the month.
I love finding little savings. As you say they all add up.
My mum used to say when I was young... "Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves".
Umm, maybe a little contest idea there...
Host of The Alternative Lifestyle Show on MSP Waves Radio.
Founder of the A Dollar A Day charitable giving project.
We like to keep things in-house too - why pay someone to do something you could do yourself? I always cut my husband's hair and have recently started cutting my own hair too - you tube is a great resource for learning how to do things for yourself.
Cutting your own hair must be tricky? Can you get it even all the way round?
I cut the farmer’s and little farmer’s hair as well. Saves us tons of money. But he’s definitely not touching mine!
That would make a good 2 minutes video for @bowentroyer... 2 Minutes with the Farmer - Cutting my Wife's hair !
We need around 0.50 USD to cut hair in regular barber but it depends on where we are cutting our hair. i gelerally cut hair with 0.50 USD. you saved money good way. plus what i can see, love and desire to help in return by you. i wish her best of luck. :)
Thank you Mohammed. As the years move on I have less and less hair to cut !
Amigo ahorita hay que aprender hacer de todo para ahorrar un poco el dinero,cómo dicen en mi país Venezuela ay que estirar el dinero! y aprender hacer de todo
Tiempos difíciles en Venezuela. Espero que te vaya bien.