1) Getting dressed for a date/event/work and being all put together then able to drive with the windows WIDE OPEN on a beautiful spring day and not need to spend time getting things sorted out again at the other end.
2) No bed hair
3) No hat hair
4) It's entirely wash and wear on a hot day - climb out of the pool, towel down and put on dry duds and ready to roll..
5)The ritual of traditional shaving - it's all about the mug, brush, cake soap etc
6) The feeling of the sun on my head - in moderation
7) Not even knowing where my ball cap is most of the time anymore..
The occasional unsolicited head rub
9) The fact that, for some reason, I can now skip an occasional day of shaving my face and look fine in any setting. Whiskers still seem to grow at the same rate, it's just that the shaved head stubble seems to balance out the face stubble when I skip a day now.
10) SBG
11) AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - the overwhelming sense of freedom from concern about appearance.
If I leave the house propery groomed I get where I'm going that way. Appearance is now a done deal - it is what it is. Like it or leave it. This is who I am - deal with it