I have decided to stick out doing hair for the interim; though, my plans of eventually becoming a licensed paralegal (LSAT, law school, etc.) remain intact. I spoke with one of my supervisors this past Tuesday – who told me he was pissed at me for switching departments – about my financial worries and my frustration with having no end in sight for the assistant program. He assured me that I wasn’t going to be in the program much longer, that they had plans to get me onto the floor soon, and that I just needed to bring in models to showcase my abilities. The nice thing about doing hair is that it is much like riding a bike, which is to say you may get rusty but you never really forget how to do anything. So I have models set up/am setting models up, and hoping to be on the floor by Christmas.
Since the program I am interested in is roughly $4000, this will allow me to save a decent amount of money. I can pay off student loans and pay BU for the program ..and not be broke. My salon owner told me when I first considered leaving the department that her junior stylists make more than her front desk staff, and one of the assistant managers told me she only makes about $13 an hour. Also, setting finances aside, since I’ve been doing more and more hair I’ve been getting more into it.
On the downside, the salon ‘drama’ has started. I suppose it’s nice that we made it the first three weeks without any conflict. However, said conflict isn’t bad (for a salon), and hopefully it wont escalate. I’ve already been called out about being in it ‘for myself’ and I don’t appreciate it, but can understand there is some truth to the statement. Sadly, that’s business. If your actions affect my business (ie: my ability to earn money), then we are going to ave a problem. I don’t go to work to make friends; friends are just a happy bonus to spending 40 hours of my week around the same people. I don’t intentionally screw people over, I don’t lie, nor do I exaggerate their behaviors or idiosyncrasies. If you do your job we don’t have a problem, simple enough. It’s all business…
…now, I just need a creative outlet for my writing until the next stage of my master plan can commence!
I’ve come to accept the fact that I really dislike doing hair.
Now, this realization came to me a couple years ago – when I stopped working as an assist on the hair team at work – but I obviously didn’t fully accept it as I have since gone back to assisting. My attraction to cosmetology stems mostly from my enjoyment of the industry; I love the people and I love the whole fashion-focused field. I keep going back to doing hair because it is generally the most financially lucrative field in the industry, short of owning one’s own business. However, I can’t stand doing it anymore. Always I get fed up with it and just want to wash my hands of the whole experience. Overall I find the work tedious, it lacks any sort of the mental stimulation that I crave, and I <i>cannot</i> see myself doing it in the next five years.
I’ve considered some advice I had gotten a while back, and since researched, and I am fairly settled in my decision to go and get a licensed as a paralegal. From there I can, if I want, continue my education and go into law.
My very first educational track in college was Poli-Sci, which I figured I could use to either go into law or politics.
So, from here I am going to move onto the staff at the front desk so that I can earn more cash and have a set of skills that I can add to my resume. I also plan to enroll in the paralegal program, which starts in January, and from there.. we’ll see..
