Ryan Sutter has a whole new outlook on life.

And as the Bachelorette alum—who married wife Trista Sutter in 2003 after meeting on the show—explained, a lot of that was tied to his hair, which he decided to shave off in honor of his 51st birthday on Sept. 14.

“Got tired of slowly watching my hair fall out so I cut it all off,” Ryan shared on Instagram Sept. 15. “Then promptly ensured I preserved the day and the experience by immediately taking new passport photos.”

The firefighter also posted his passport photos as he mused whether or not the decision to take them was an “over reaction .” As he put it, shaving his head may have been “a simple reaction to a life that was feeling too complex.”

“One in which I was holding on to too much, expecting too much, influe

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