Benefit of Not Having Hair #6: Prep Time

I don't think I've ever been more exhausted than I am here at my MFA residency. It's not just the schedule; it's the emotional drain of sharing open wounds with each other. That's what writers do. We don't start with what we did over the weekend; we start with the traumas and tragedies in our lives, the things that drew us to writing and that we share in our stories. Don't get me wrong; I love it. But it's tiring. We're also putting ourselves out there. I've read my work in an official "reading" for the first time. I'm getting my work critiqued. The good news? Well, there's lots of good news. So I'll stick to the hair-related variety here. Since I don't have to wash my hair, I am able to get ready much faster than most. Which is good, considering how tired I am each day.

Benefit of Not Having Hair #5: A Built-in Recession Proof Hair Care Plan

In these hard times, a lot of people are talking about how to cut back on hair care. They're waiting more time inbetween haircuts, buying generic products, even dilluting shampoos with water to make them last longer. I don't have hair, so my hair care plan is pretty simple. I wash my head in the shower with soap. It's a bare bones hair care plan for a bare head. And believe me, that's about all my budget can afford right now. Lucky me!

Benefit of Not Having Hair #4: No Hair in the Shower Drain

I hate collecting wadded up hair from the bottom of the shower. Maybe it's because I have no hair, which means I know it's not MY hair, but that of a guest or a host or some random hotel customer who left me his or her hair. Yuck. The good news? I almost NEVER have to do this.

Benefit of Not Having Hair #3: Rain Has No Effect on My Hairdo

It's been raining a lot lately. No seriously. A loooot. It's making me crazy, actually. It makes me want to sleep in, hide indoors, surf the Internet, and eat and eat and eat and eat. But you know what it doesn't do? Mess up my hairdo. At all. Don't you wish you had no hair?

Benefit of Not Having Hair #2: Who Needs Shampoo?

I love the scents, but I don't need shampoo. And when I do use it, for my three hairs, I don't need a lot of it. So a travel size bottle lasts a year. Talk about cost savings!

Benefit of Not Having Hair #1

No concern about frizzy hair in humidity - especially important in the summer, and in humid areas, such as Northern Virginia (where I'm at today).