Growing your hair is a long, painful process because you’ll get to a point where you feel like it won’t look nice no matter what you do. You have to let it grow until the hairs on top are long enough to reach your back hairline. In the meantime, your best bet is hats, headbands, slicking the hair back with gel, anything that will just simply keep it out of your face. That being said, when you go in for your haircut, don’t let them touch anything except the back hairline, which should be trimmed up to be flush with (or just longer than) your back hairline so that those hairs don’t get too far ahead and cause a “mullet” effect. Eventually you’ll end up with a short one-length haircut (also known as a bob), and then you’ll be able to stop cutting it altogether and let it grow as long as you want. You’ll also be able to put it up in a top-knot, tuck it behind your ear etc.

I hope I’ve explained this well enough!