How I Got Through My Haircut: The Tutorials

I have had long long hair for the majority of my life. A month ago, in a moment of clarity or insanity, I chopped it off. It hung about and inch off of my shoulders and I was hanging at the end of my rope. With no idea how to style (tame) my new short style I turned to the internet in hopes of salvation.

This video is great for learning how to blow dry your side bangs. It's super quick (less than 90 seconds) which I appreciate. It also has instructions written out as captions so you can read what you should be doing while you have your hairdryer on.

I had no idea how to get curl or volume with my short hair. I found that what I normally did for volume on my long hair, now made me look like Shirley Temple. This tutorial was helpful to give my hair some lift without the spiral curls.

This article helped me avoid the Shirley Temple look as well. I do vary my styling to curl the ends so if I have to put my hair up my ponytail has a nice flip to it.

Two of My Favorite Apps and Websites for Achieving My Goals

I don't believe in New Year's resolutions. They are forced and thats probably why they don't last. They also make the gyms so crowded and that sucks. I set my goals in December and follow a few guidelines:

• I choose goals that are attainable an specific.
• I write the goal clearly on a piece of paper and put it somewhere it can be seen frequently.
• I tell a bunch of my friends about my goals so I am accountable to others (and it gives a little added pressure).

Some of my current goals are: to learn french, improve my coding skills, and blog more consistently. Here are two of the apps and websites I am using to accomplish my goals. 

I came to this website with a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS coding. I am taking the HTML/CSS course again as a refresher, but they also offer courses in jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, Python and Ruby. They also offer various coding projects that you can work on.

So far the course is good and laying down the fundamentals and it feels more like a game (you get badges and awards!). A one hour basic HTML course is also offered in app form.

J'apprends parler français. (I am learning to speak french). If Duolingo had been used in my French, Spanish and German classes in high school and college I would know French, Spanish and German. Duolingo makes the learning process so much easier. Its also free, yay, and available online and on your phone/tablet. Best of all you can get scolded by a tracksuit-wearing owl in Spanish, English, French, German, Portuguese and Italian.