Last year around this time we blogged about Movember, a month-long moustache
growing event raising "vital funds and awareness for men’s health,
specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men". We
recently learned that our friend and customer, Skinner, is participating
so we asked him to be our Movember
"corespondent". Each week through November Skinner will check in with us to update us on his progress.
Skinner writes:
“WELCOME THE RESISTANCE!”
Starting Monday, I knew it
wasn’t going to be my best week when the sign in the barber shop read
“reopening soon”. Instead I went to the
doctor for my annual physical. Clean
bill of health! At least that’s
something.
“No way, I would look
ridiculous.”
“My wife would hate it.”
“My Boss would get so pissed.”
“My Mother-in-Law would disown
me.”
“My patients would be scared of me.”
“I’d ruin Thanksgiving dinner.”
Why is everyone resisting? Have
we become such a style over substance culture that we can’t “donate” our upper
lips for 30 days without worrying about any negative consequences? I know I’m not going to have a “Tom Selleck” or “Salvador
Dali”. I’ll be lucky to look like Errol
Flynn. Let’s be honest for a second, the
truth is IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MO. Look at
the bigger picture. If you won’t give up
your face for a month how are you ever going to make any serious changes that
could potentially save your life. So ask
yourself “what’s stopping me from growing a Mo’?” and get over it! PLEASE.
Good news, my barber
shop opened up and I have an appointment set for Tuesday. I’ll be starting off Movember with my
smoothest shave ever.
-MO’ Bro Skinner
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