What makes it harder for me are the wildly conflicting sets of expectations. I’m fine with butchering my own hair for the foreseeable future (it’s kind of fun tbh), but how long until I get called out at work for looking like an unprofessional crazy person? My SO was guilted/threatened/tricked into going to a larger-than-advertised family event as cases rise again in our state. It feels insane that people are still trying to hold us to pre-pandemic expectations.