Day 1 — Moving into new habits!
It was actually 11 A.M. when I finally finished moving into my new house!
I have to say, it’s not my first year in Milan and not my first year in a students’ residence, but it’s always very stressful to change your habits every year.
After unpacking out, I felt so tired and sweaty, actually. I just wanted to have a shower and wash my hair before starting to study in my new space. I was happy to give myself a break to feel better, but then I remembered about the challenge.
When I was in my house, in Sicily, I lived with around 6,2kwh a day. It’s not too much and I estimated that I consume almost the same amount here in Milan. The things that surprised me the most were the amount of lights I turned on everyday and the amount of energy my hairdryer consumed.
I know my hair are not straight but wavy, so during the years I found methods to make them just glow! Since I was little I watched a lot of videos about that on YouTube, then I moved to Instagram and, frome quarantine, I started using Tik Tok and I discovered A LOT MORE!
The best thing about these methods that I learnt is that, in most of them, I don’t need my hairdryer!
Let’s just give a look at what I used before and after.
As you can see, I used tools to brush my hair and a lot of heat to straight, sometimes also in an aggressive way.
As you can see, while reducing quite a lot kwh consume (having long hair means drying them for HOURS), I also learned to take care of myself and I learned new things about me.
I hope I can inspire people to learn to become aware of the problem, reduce waste of energy and, at the same time, be more confident doing things that make ourselver feel better inside and outside!
See you in the next days!
P.S.: I leave you there some Tik Tok videos about these no heat techniques. Give them a look if you don’t know where to start!
https://www.tiktok.com/@diannacohen/video/7112184876564008235?_t=8VtixPqDwJB&_r=1
https://www.tiktok.com/@slaybyjess/video/7013132514139196677?_t=8VtixuuUMQH&_r=1
https://www.tiktok.com/@emma_august_/video/7036090097237986606?_t=8Vtiz5J2E4M&_r=1
https://www.tiktok.com/@mostpositivepersonaround/video/6946968074826288389?_t=8Vtj0IqsWmL&_r=1
https://www.tiktok.com/@quintymirjam/video/6915734952298532097?_t=8Vtj0Xetgc1&_r=1
