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It was around my 21st birthday that I started thinking about getting a tattoo. A couple of my friends did it for their birthdays, and the only thing stopping me was the indecision about where and what to get, as I’m not the sort of person that has ink indelibly pressed into my skin on a whim.
I have been thinking about the phrase ‘this too’ (part of ‘this too shall pass’) for almost as long, and to a point it has become my personal mantra. I have trouble letting go of things, both good and bad, and reminding myself of the inevitability of change has brought me back from the edge of madness many times.
I chose typewriter font because of my (still not altogether abandoned) dream of becoming a writer, and my foot because it is somewhere both easy for me to see and easy to hide. My father once said that if I ever got a tattoo it would be like stabbing him through the heart with a rusty knife, so my original wish to have it on my wrist was not a viable option. But as this tattoo is intended a note to self, getting it on my back or similar would have been useless.
The opportunity to actually get the thing done came up about a month ago, while discussing my friend K’s most recent tattoo, a beautiful lyre bird which her tattooist aunt was giving her as a birthday present. Of course, I jumped at the chance to go to the parlour with someone and be inked by a trusted source and on 7 May in Geelong I finally did it.
I’m not going to lie, it hurt! There were moments when it felt like the needle was going into my bones! I didn’t cry or anything, but I was a bit sweaty from the effort of keeping still. Thank goodness they give you a lollypop!
So, I’m pretty pleased with myself, though I’m a bit tired of all the after care, which I was totally unprepared for. Also, having to remind myself to not wander the house barefoot anymore is actually quite difficult. Good thing it isn’t summer!
Now I just have to decide what to get next!
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