Welcome back to our Healthy Hair Goal Series. In last week’s post, we showed you how to
create SMART hair goals. This week, we
will cover how to create a fool-proof plan.
Just for the record, the planning part is where most people
struggle. Don’t worry we got you covered!
We will go step by step.
STEP 1: Determine What You Do and Do Not Know.
This is the most important step in creating an executable
plan for SMART #HairGoals. In order to
have an executable plan, you must know what you know and what you don’t know. Sounds strange but you have to know what
tools and resources are available to you and if they will work for you. You also must admit to what you don’t know. We don’t want you to waste valuable time and
money on things that won’t and don’t work for you or your hair type.
To demonstrate this we will use my SMART hair growth goal as
the example.
1 My hair grows
at a rate of ½” each month.
2. My hair loves
the combination of avocado oil, mango butter and Shea butter and coconut oil
and water.
3. Coconut oil by
itself does not work on my hair.
4. My hair is
sensitive to synthetic proteins. Natural proteins are ok however only in small doses.
5. I have medium
porosity hair.
Here’s What I Don’t
Know:
1. How my hair will
react to prolong use of direct heat.
2. How my hair will react to crochet braids using synthetic
hair.
3. If increasing my water intake will cause my hair to grow
faster or thicker.
4. If taking hair and nail vitamins will make my hair grow
faster.
STEP 2: Make a List
Based on what you know and don’t know, make a list of all
the steps you will take to execute your goals.
Depending on your hair goals your list may be long or it may be
short. In this step, you are aiming for
quality over quantity.
Here’s an example of three of the steps I will take to
accomplish my #hairgoals. Remember these
steps are based solely on what I do and do not know. Also, I have way more than three steps. I will share the full executable plan at the
end of the series.
Here’s an example
1. Measure my hair
every month and record the length.
2. Only use
products that promote my hair growth.
3. Use low
manipulation styles only.
STEP 3: Know the Why
For every step, jot down a short note to explain why. You need to know why you are doing what you
are doing. If a step provides no benefit
to you then remove it. You don’t want to
waste valuable time on something that doesn't work for you.
Here’s an example
1. Measure my hair every month and record the
length.
• This is how I will determine if my hair is
growing and if my regime is working.
2. Only use products that
promote my hair growth.
• I’m a product junkie, however, for optimal
hair growth, I will only use products that promote hair growth. This will help me save some coins as well.
3. Use low manipulation styles
only.
• Based on what I know, my hair grows that
fastest when it’s braided up, thus wigs and sew in will be my go to styles. Thank goodness for Triple L Hair.
STEP 4: Review and Rewrite
Review your list and make sure it’s thorough. You can always remove steps if you later find
out that they don’t work for you. Remember,
you are aiming for quality over quantity.
Next week we will reveal my SMART hair growth plan for 2017. Until then happy planning. Write us below and let us know some of your
#hairgoals.
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