I have not been minding caring for my appearance since I was young. I did not at all at least when I was at university. And I still do not care for it. On the contrary, since I retired, I have become less and less concerned about it. I have rarely been motivated to dress well for a long time. In the last five years, it was only at my daughter’s wedding last year that I was motivated to do so. In particular, I hate caring for the hair on my head and in my nose, my beard, and my nails. I have never cared for them on a regular basis. I have only cared for them when they grew and began to bother me. The hair on my head has usually bothered me two months after my last cut. In the two months, they grow long enough to motivate me to go to the hairdresser. My beard is so thin that I do not have to care for it every day. I just watch how it grows in the mirror and do nothing unless it bothers me. In most cases, I usually only shave it once a month. As for my nails, I check how they are growing from my feeling of typing. If I have difficulty typing, it is time to cut them.
It is the hair in my nose that bothers me the most. It is very hard to see how long they are growing. What is more, it is not easy to check whether I have cut them well. I usually cut them only a few times in a few months. When they seem to have grown long and tell me that I should, I try to cut them with a pair of scissors. But I always can never be sure that I have cut them well. It has always frustrated me a lot and I decided to buy an electric nose trimmer. It was my second electric one in my life and surprised me that it cut the hair in my nose very well. It was much better than me.
Since I was young, I have lived my life that way. But suddenly the time came when I had to change my lifestyle. Recently, my daughter and her husband came to stay with us for a few nights. Then, I began to take care of my appearance because I did not want to make a bad impression on my daughter’s husband. When they were at my home, I often checked the hair on my head and my nose, and my beard in the mirror. Above all, I cut them as soon as I found anything wrong with them.
It seems that having the couple stay in my home is the best way to improve my lifestyle.

　ボクは、昔から身だしなみに無頓着です。少なくとも、大学生のころはそうだったし、いまでもそうです。それどころか、定年してからは、ますます気にしなくなりました。服装をきちっとしようなどと思うことはめったにありません。この5年で、そう思ったのは、昨年の娘の結婚式との時ぐらいです。ましてや、髪の毛、髭、爪や鼻毛を手入れするのは本当にめんどくさいです。これらを定期的に手入れすることはなく、どれも、伸びて気持ち悪くなったら、手入れをしています。髪の毛は、前回のカットから2か月くらいすると、気持ち悪くなります。髪の毛が伸びて、散髪屋に行きたくなります。髭はすごく薄いので、毎日手入れする必要はありません。鏡でどのくらい伸びているかをチェックして、気持ち悪くなければ、何もしません。髭を剃るのは、大体、月に1度くらいです。爪は、パソコンのキーボードのキーが押しにくくなったら切ることにしています。　
　一番厄介なのが鼻毛です。伸びているかどうかが分かりにくいです。また、うまく切れたかどうかがわかりにくいです。鼻毛を切るのは、大体、数か月に数回です。伸びてきて、気持ち悪くなったら、ハサミで切ります。うまく切れたと思えないので、いつイライラします。そのため、電動の鼻毛カッターを買いました。人生で２台目です。使ってみてびっくりです。きれいに切ってくれました。ぼくより、よほど上手でした。　
ボクはこんな人生を送ってきのですが、このライフフスタイルを改める時が来ました。最近、娘夫婦が私の家に連泊しました。その時、身だしなみに気を使うようになりました。娘の旦那さんに悪い印象を与えたくなかったからです。二人が家にいる時は、髪の毛や鼻毛などを鏡でよくチェックしました。おかしいところがあると、すぐに切るようになりました。
　ボクの生活スタイルを改めるには、２人に泊まってもらうのが最善の策のようです。