What's Lent if you're not actually Catholic, though?

I can't count the number of times in my life that I've gotten haircuts that I hated. Once in a while I'd try to do something about it by going back and having it re-cut, but I usually still ended up with a haircut I hated, only now with less of it to loathe. But every single time I had a haircut I hated, it only took about two weeks for it to grow out and turn into something I liked very much.

Sometimes, the most favorable thing you can do is just wait it out and trust that time will smooth things over. Sometimes, the best action is inaction.

Sometimes.