Your hair is beautiful and I’m currently in the same position. Not nearly as long as yours. Have been letting it grow for close to 7 months now. In that awkward stage, but even being in this stage, it’s becoming an annoyance. Having to condition like crazy because my hair is ridiculous curly and gets dry fast, taking forever to shower to get it right, having to brush it out of the way and other little things that become a nuisance.

This Tuesday I’m getting a buzz cut. I’ve shaved my head multiple times and it feels so much better not dealing with it. This is going to sound ridiculous but sometimes I feel like I can think better with it cut. Might be bullshit, but that’s just my feeling.

At the end of the day, it’s up to you. If you’re feeling an urge to cut it from annoyance and a needed change, I say go for it. I will say, that after every time I shave my hair, I always have this underlying feeling of regret. But then I realize how much better it feels and then I accept what I did and it goes away.

The worst thing is what you said, working out and sweating. It gets in the way and makes me feel 10x as more gross by then end of a workout even if it’s just a light run or lifting session.

The I go through mental battles all the time of “should I cut it? Fuck I’ll regret tho. It’ll feel better. But the natives say that hair is an extension of your nervous system. Maybe I should keep it. No that’s stupid it’s more convenient to shave it.” Etcetcetc.

And like a commenter above said, if you go to a good barber/stylist, they can make the cut fit your face type very well rather than a sloppy job.

It’s all your decision! Do it when you feel ready, and don’t look back once you do!!