cause i picked it. i love it but i honestly never had a big zap moment where i immediately just knew it was right, more like it checked all my boxes and felt like something i could grow into. like there is a very cool complete person attached to that name and im working to live up to her. im also still very much getting used to it.
When I was a younger, I never liked "Megan", it didn't feel like it fit me. Whenever I went someplace new where people wouldn't have to know me for a long time, I tried out different names for myself to see what would fit, but nothing else really did. As an adult, I finally feel like Megan/Meg is right. I've come to appreciate the ways my friends have shaped it and made it their own little codeword for me, like Mego, Mango, even my username Meggle came from friends. I finally feel at home in Megan, it just took me a bit of time.
i felt deeply disconnected from my name as a depressed + undiagnosed child and teen. but since being diagnosed with adhd and realizing that my outlandish dreams are possible and that my work matters, i feel like im able to truly be and align with zoΓ« again
