I’ve been working at the salon for almost a full year now. I’ve completed all the necessary hours for my apprenticeship, so all I have to do now is schedule the final test and I’ll be a fully licensed hairdresser!

I’ve started building my own clientele, entirely by my own means (meaning not counting any walk ins!), which went super slow at first, but has really picked up more and more over the last 6 months.

I’ve had great days, where I got all the exact kinds of clients I like the most! And horrible days, a couple of which almost lead me to quit the salon and possibly quit hairdressing altogether.

My skills are growing, but not fast enough. I’m still slow at foils, I still often don’t hit the mark dead on with bleach.

But all in all, do you what the most difficult and stress-causing thing about hairdressing is for me? Other hairdressers!

GOD! I feel like I’ve become a whiny, crabby bitch about it. I’m like the target for everybody’s emotional arrows. It’s ridiculous! Power trips, ego trips, they constantly want to knock me down a peg for some reason! It’s like a horrible highschool nightmare. And the salon I work at isn’t even that bad – in fact I suspect it’s pretty good on that front, comparatively speaking.

Man.

I can’t wait till I’m busy enough that I won’t have time to be around other stylists that much.