Getmoore, that's what happens when you watch it grow.
No, seriously, I didn't pay attention to how my hair grew until I joined this board. In two years, I gradually got rid of my six inches or so of relaxed hair. And from the tiny growth I had two years ago, I grew my hair to (as I discovered when I joined this board) 7-9 inches! This was a pleasant surprise to me, considering I didn't think I was doing anything special (just frequent washes and conditioning - not even deep; no supplements; no leave-in). So my growth rate was just 3.5-4.5 inches a year, but do you think I care? No siree! Thinking that 6 inches is all I was destined to ever have (never went beyond that before) and finding I had passed that was so exciting that it never occurred to me in July when I joined the board, that I had slow-growing hair.
Well...not until I joined this board and then started taking a ruler to my hair as often as the word hair crossed my mind. (No prize for guessing how often that is.
) Talk of a watched pot that refuses to boil! So I made up my mind not to measure my hair for a long time. (I kinda liked the surprise I got in July and so want to get another.) My distraction thus far: a determination/drive to perfect my hair care regimen so that when I have a mane like DreamyB, I will know exactly how to manage it to keep it looking its best.
And hey G, in 4 years time when you have your dream length, tell me how much the rate at which you got there will really matter.
You know what I think, slow growing hair may not be such a bad thing. It's a good preparation for later. Imagine waking up with Rapunzel's head of hair tomorrow... How overwhelming that'd be? If you're not an expert at taking care of your hair now or protecting what you have now perfectly, wouldn't you wind up with a tangled mess, headache,...even a madly obsessive fantasy of letting scissor-happy stylists have a hayday at your head? I think I would.