The Phases of My Life

I can pretty much break down my life into 4 Phases.

Phase 1 - Never Shaved
Phase 2- Shaved face a few times a week
Phase 3 -Shaved face 3-4 times per week, shaved head once a week
Phase 4- Same as Ph 3, but added ear and nose grooming.

Another way to look at it is as follows. If you take the total amount of time allocated in my life for grooming and maintenance of my body hair, The phases can be represented as follows:





Phase 1: Simple, straight forward. Easy. I didn't grow consistent facial hair till late teens/early 20's










Phase 2: Facial hair took off, and this was the hey day of my glorious crown. Considerable time on grooming and maintenance. Still, pretty straight forward. I need mouse, a brush and a razor.








Phase 3: Things begin to change. Especially after age 30. The hair was leaving, and was completely shaved off at 31-ish. The percentage of time allocated to head hair is skewed by the fact that it started disappearing and therefore more work was needed to, well, comb over. Nose and Ear hair start entering the picture.






Phase 4: All Hell breaks loose. The amount of time spent on head hair is dramatically reduced, while maintaining a goatee (in lieu of a chin) rises. But so does the ear hair. Pesky, hard to trim, impossible to get all of it at once. Same for nose hair. And notice the arrival of "other". Can't grow hair on my head? might as well grow it in random spots on my chest and *gsap* back....




The ear hair maintenance can be graphically illustrated thus: