Article: Use a fine comb to brush the hair out to its full length. Start just behind one ear, combing towards the other. Treat all hair above this line as the top section. Comb it up and use hair clips to clip this section up. This will give you a more accurate cut. Split the hair here into a left and right section, and hold the right section tautly between your index and middle finger. If the child has thicker hair, separate the right section into about 12 inch (35cm) partings before cutting. Hold one of these smaller sections tautly between your index and middle finger in preparation for cutting. Use hair shears to cut the hair along your fingers at a zero degree angle. Remember that hair tends to shorten when it dries. For every one inch of hair you want to take off, cut half an inch. You can cut the entire right section in one cut if the child has thin hair. Note that curly hair is much longer when straight and wet. For every inch you want to take off, cut no more than a quarter inch. Make sure to hold some hair from the right section to serve as a guide. Follow the length of the right section as you cut the left. Split the section into smaller sections if the child has thicker hair. Start these side sections along a line about an inch above the ear, going around your child's hair. This should include the back sections you've already cut. Use hair clips to secure the rest of the hair to the top of your child's head. Hold the right section between your index and middle fingers. Make sure to include hair from the back section in your grip. Hold the hair tautly and continue to cut at a zero degree angle along your fingers. Your child's hair should then have the same length all around. You can check the length by running your fingers through the child's hair at various sections, pulling lightly on the hair. If any long hairs stick out, trim them to match the rest of the hair. While cutting in smaller sections takes more time, it will make for a better, more accurate cut. Holding the released sections between your index and middle finger, cut to match the length of the side sections. How you do this depends on the kind of bangs you want to give your child. For straight bangs, part the hair horizontally, starting about an inch back from the child's forehead. The part should end at the outside corner of each eye. Clip the remaining hair back, and cut the bangs across the middle of the eyes. For triangular shaped bangs, choose a point on top of the head, depending on how wide you want the bangs. Comb from this point to the outside of the eyebrows, and clip remaining hair back. Again, cut across the bangs so they fall at the middle of the eyes.
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Divide the hair into top and back sections, clipping the top to the head. Comb the back section to its full length. Cut to desired length. Hold the left section between your index and middle finger and cut. Unclip the top section, and part the hair into side sections. Cut the right section, using the back section as a guide. Repeat this process with the left section. Let down hair from the clipped sections in half inch sections and cut. Comb wet hair towards the eyes and cut bangs.
Article: If you are struggling to get motivated, think about other times where you were able to stay on track and accomplish your goals. Think about the outcome of what you accomplished and how you felt when you succeeded. For example, if you are struggling with motivation to exercise, think about a time when you powered through and exercised and felt great afterwards. Think about how you felt during your workout, and how you felt about yourself afterwards for pushing yourself to pursue a worthy goal like getting fit. Even if you don't feel motivated, just try getting started anyways. Sometimes we build things up in our minds and make them seem like they are going to be way worse than they actually are. This is called affective forecasting, and we tend to be terrible at it. By the time you get started you will often find that things aren't so bad. For example, if you are having trouble getting motivated to write a book, open the keyboard and just start typing. Tell yourself that you will type for 5 minutes and if you still aren't motivated you will stop. You may find that by tricking yourself into starting, you will gain motivation and continue to write for much longer than 5 minutes. Part of the battle with motivation is that there are often other seemingly more interesting things in our environment vying for our attention. You can help become motivated to do something by removing the possibility to engage in other actions. For example, if you are trying to get motivated to do your homework but you keep getting distracted by text messaging friends or browsing the web on your phone, then turn your phone off. Once your phone is off, place it somewhere that you cannot see it, such as deep in your bag. Make it difficult to get to; move your bag so that it is out of your reach. Once you no longer have the easily accessible options of texting with friends or browsing the web, you may find that the alternatives to not doing your homework are not as exciting, and so finding the motivation to do your homework may become easier. A great way to stop being distracted by video games or browsing the internet is blocking it off for a period of time. One of the tools that could be used for this is a software called Cold Turkey which is free. Some people are motivated by competition. Think back on your past and whether there have been cases where you were motivated to accomplish something because you were competing with someone else (or yourself). If this rings true for you, then foster some friendly competition. The other person doesn't necessarily need to know that you are competing with them, even. You can turn to others to help you with motivation. Tell your friends and family about what you hope to accomplish and what you are struggling with. Don't struggle to tell them thinking what will they think about it. Talking it out with them can help you stay motivated and keep negative feelings that sap motivation at bay. Surround yourself with people who are positive and are themselves motivated to accomplish their goals. You can catch their positive emotions and positivity and this will help you to be motivated.
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Think about past successes. Try just starting. Remove distractions. Compete. Get support.