Hey guys,

It's been 9 days since my last update, and this will be a little over 10 weeks for me.

I'm gonna let you guys in on a little secret I don't tell a whole lot of people. When I was in grade 9 (or 14ish years old), I suffered from really severe depression. I had a plan to jump off of a highway overpass near my house, thank God I never went through with it. Since then I've made crazy strides towards being a better person.

I still have a predisposition for depression and self worth/image issues, and my image often really concerns me. I have to say guys, with the beard I have going on now, I FEEL like I look good. This thing is a huge confidence boost for me, and quite honestly, for the first time in my life, I look in the mirror and say "damn, I look good". This is crazyness! Thanks to all of you for your support and kind words since I joined 4 weeks ago. You guys are doing great work for guys here. It's such a double standard that guys can't have self image issues too. Anyways.

Enough of my sob story, Let's get to the beard! I haven't been too anal with trimming and the like. I just comb my chin with a small little plastic comb that came with my trimmer in the mornings. My stache isn't long or dense enough to cause me any issue, and parting it with my fingers is working fine for me. I'm really happy with how my stache is filling out now. The thicker growth is in the middle and it gave me a Hitler looking thing for a while, but it's spread out now.

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With my beard has come my first grey hairs. Eek!
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Woo! Have a solid week guys!