Originally posted on The FLIP Side
re-published with permission
Because I have been accused of being just a little bit extra.
Ok, extra extra.
What does that even mean?
Is there is one template, one size, one standard unit of measure, one level amount of something for humans and we are all supposed to be that?
Thank you – but no, thank you.
Not only do some of us do #allthethings, but this also applies in other areas of our lives, too.
My name is Paige Hudson Garcia.
Yes, I use #allthenames.
I also have hashtags and acronyms and pseudonyms (I have been writing for a long time) and nicknames.
No, I am not bothered by anyone else’s opinion on it.
It is my name, my life, my writer’s cramp when I sign things.
You see, I have given this a lot of thought…..
I was God’s first. Then I belonged to my parents. I became my own person and belonged to ME before I belonged to my husband. Then there are more areas of me that go to everyone else in my life (but they are only allowed a short term lease with no option to buy.)
None of these things made me any less, but made me MORE. So why take away a name, and not add to it, instead? (Yay, an extra one!) I live MY version of me, and no one else’s, just like I want everyone else to do for themselves.
Although I do have to admit that it CAN be a pain.
Much of my daily work involves efficient data entry, and clean databases, and accurate reporting, so this allthenames business does not always fit into a pre-formatted data field and can be challenging. I am introduced to people daily, and I can see them struggling with HOW to do it properly.
I get it…..but I still think I’m right about this.
So I’m extra. So what?
I’m #notevensorry about it.
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