I had a moment of realization that came after making a mistake - sometimes you got to make a mistake to learn a lesson and well, I’m sharing that lesson with you now.
I grew out my beard over a 6 month period and I was happy with how it was looking - I took good care of it. I thought to myself I could do with touching it up a little and trimming it to look more corporate and presentable. This is precisely where things went wrong fast - I seen a YouTube video where the YouTuber was doing a style for a short beard which looked cool and he was achieving this by adjusting the trimmer guards from 6mm around the chin area to 3mm and so on around the cheeks. His short beard style look cool, very tidy, and yet it looked full and I just had not comprehended what was happening - I immediate thought was “I will definitely look like that!”
I can be pretty gullible and my lack of awareness might be poor after 6 months, but please realize before you lift up any trimmer/scissors that chances are you have a poor jawline like I do and not that dude in the video! My beard did a great job of hiding it and I was quite happy with it, but if you are gonna tidy it up, maybe play it safe and get a barber to do it. I now look practically clean shaven. My beard made me manly, but hey, I guess admitting my faults makes me too lol.
It’ll all work out, 6 months is practically nothing, but the forlorn right now is real. I’m grateful it happened to me and not to you my fellow bearded compatriots. Everyone’s beards grow at different paces and for those of you who have grown for a year or more, please avoid any impulsive decisions. Anyways, hope you’re having a good day. Peace ✌️