Issue #35: The Forehead Hair Awakening

November 18, 2025

💌 From the Editor’s Desk

Welcome back to Work In Progmess, the newsletter that celebrates personal growth but draws the line at anything sprouting from your face unexpectedly.

This week’s edition was inspired by a shocking moment in one unsuspecting household. A moment that reminds us that everyone has blind spots. And sometimes those blind spots grow three inches overnight.

— The Mess

📰Headline Shocker

MAN DISCOVERS THREE-INCH FOREHEAD HAIR, REALIZES HE MAY HAVE BLIND SPOTS IN OTHER AREAS TOO

Wife says hair was long enough to require its own zip code

SACRAMENTO, CA — Local man Greg Hollister started his Tuesday like any other: groggy, confused, and unsure why his alarm insists on ringing before 8 a.m.

But everything changed when his wife approached him slowly, concerned, and uttered the four most unsettling words a spouse can hear before coffee:
“Come here a second.”

She gently brushed his bangs aside and discovered something no one was prepared for.
A single, proud, three-inch hair erupting from the center of his forehead.
A lone antenna.
A biological cry for help.

“It was so long it was casting its own shadow,” his wife reported. “Honestly, I thought he was trying to communicate with another dimension.”

Greg was stunned. “I had no idea. Not even a clue,” he said, blinking in disbelief. “Which is weird because I check my reflection at least twice a day to make sure I am still aging normally.”

Family members scrambled to determine the hair’s origin. Top theories include:

Accumulated stress from ignoring life goals
Backed-up personal development
A manifestation of unasked questions
Hair simply giving up and growing wherever it pleased

By mid-afternoon, dermatologists confirmed what Greg already suspected.

The forehead hair was not the problem.
His lack of awareness was.

A neighbor summarized it best. “Everyone has blind spots. Greg’s just happened to grow three inches.”

🧵 Bonus Finding: Other Known Blind Spots in the Study

Researchers noted several additional areas where Greg demonstrated limited awareness:

The overflowing laundry basket he swore he “never saw.”
The expired salad dressing from 2017 he insisted was “probably fine.”
The fact that his boss had been hinting at a promotion only if he learned to communicate better.
The time he asked if Wi-Fi could run out.

Experts believe the forehead hair was the universe’s attempt at an intervention.

🪑 From The Editor’s Desk

Here is the truth. We all have blind spots. You, me, Greg and every well meaning human trying to pretend they have it together.

Most of the time we do not see our own gaps until someone points them out. A colleague. A mentor. A friend. Or apparently, a three-inch forehead hair waving at the world like it is flagging down help.

That is why self-awareness matters.
It is why reflection matters.
It is why having people who tell you the truth matters.

Blind spots grow quietly.
Self-awareness cuts them at the root.

📩Until Next Time…

Forward this to someone who refuses to admit they have blind spots.
Or send it to the friend who once had to be told they had spinach in their teeth from 2009.

Either way, remind them: awareness is a skill, not a coincidence.

— The Progmess Editorial Team

🔗 Bitter End

If you need one more reminder that aging comes with surprises, here it is.

🎥 Watch Nate Bargatze explain what it feels like to get older, specifically the moment you realize you now need a jacket at all times.

👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/3-j2FuZC9Tg?si=ZsuJ7cXLe3H2fLKH

Because whether it is an unexpected forehead hair or a sudden need for outerwear, growing up always finds a way to humble you.

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