@Chestnut
I cut my own hair a month or so ago, and now looking at it and thinking it's not half bad. I'm wondering whether to bother with the hairdresser!
I did the same just before Xmas, mine was almost halfway down my back but was starting to look a bit straggly at the ends, so I pulled it all up into a ponytail, moved the scrunchie down to just below where I was going to cut it and with a big sharp pair of scissors chopped it off just above the scrunchie.
No mess all over my floor because what I cut off was held together by the scrunchie. I chopped about 8 inches (20cm) off it. It actually looked OK and a number of my friends and family also said it looked good.
Now having had it like this for 4 months, it feels healthier, still looks good and is really easy to manage. Since the menopause, my hair has developed a natural curl, when it's wet the curls come into their own but if I brush it they all disappear, so I've found a way to be able to brush the tangles out and to keep my curls.
My hairdresser is lovely, I originally went to her because I found a cheap deal, didn't have much cash to spare and was desperate for a cut, when I went back for a second cut several months later she said that every cut & blow dry in the future would be at the same price as I'd paid for the original deal! So, even with a fairly decent tip, I walk out of the salon having only parted with £20. She also runs a loyalty scheme, 10 visits gets your next one free.
Because she's good at what she does, is a really nice girl and her charges are really low, I guess I'll probably pop in for a c&b around the end of June because my son will be celebrating his 25th birthday and we'll probably do something (government/Covid permitting), it'll be good to have a catch up with her too but I'm in no rush to be having anything done with my hair right now, I'll let those who are 'desperate' get in to see her first.