taming the wild mane: conquering a bad hair day

Mar 27, 2025

Waking up to a bad hair day can feel like a personal attack from the universe.

Lucky for me, I don’t have a job where anyone looks at me in person. Still, when I saw myself in the bathroom mirror, I did a double-take. I had to look twice because with the hair in my eyes, I wasn’t sure if it looked as bad as I thought it did at first glance. It did. 🤣

a really bad hair day

I had more than my share of bad hair days back when my hair wasn’t nearly as bad as it is now that I’m older. Working at a bank where I was seen by a whole lot of people, I can remember on days I slept late and didn’t have time to wash and style it, I would pull it back into a french braid. Lordy! I can’t even imagine doing that now.

Own it with confidence!

I’ve been known to wear a ball cap, but I’m not a regular hat or headscarf kind of girl. I don’t think I’ve ever owned a headband. You can’t pull off that kind of flourish at my age. There’s not a chance I could turn this disaster into a statement — but maybe you could pull off one of those suggestions when you have a day when your hair simply won’t cooperate. A bad hair day only has power if you let it, right?


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