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Post by Meme on Jul 13, 2009 19:29:52 GMT -5
My user name comes from who I was when I joined--
papa's wife- I was so proud to be his wife and I think it did insprire me to get where I am- he was always so pleased and commented on what ever I did...........
I do plan to change the name in the future to represent the new journey that I am on-- I am not sure if it will have a lot to do with leaving squalor behind or not.........
I am really debating on using a name- maybe even the real one in order to finally be me after so many years of being a daughter and sister and mother and step mom and grand ma and wife I think it would be nice to be me- I am on my own for the first time in my life -
changing my name will never change the love I have for papa David -
so my answer is a bit in the air at the moment but stay tuned.
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Post by southerngirl on Jul 13, 2009 19:29:49 GMT -5
This is a great thread! I agree with Polarbear -- Script, I love your avatar too. It reminds me of a vintage children's book illustration ... so cute and cheerful and comforting.
And SunshineHouse, I love your user name too ... it makes me smile when I see it, because it is such a happy sounding user name.
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Post by Calico on Jul 13, 2009 21:26:26 GMT -5
1) When I was trying to think of a username, my calico cat was sitting nearby. I also like calico fabric, and I like the word.
2) Maybe has helped a little in that I like the name, so I like logging in here (and at Squalor Survivors) and seeing my name. It makes me feel like I have a colorful (ooh, punny) identity here. 3) Nope.
4) Yes - reminds me that I managed to acquire a calico cat! I love calicos.
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Post by missjean on Jul 13, 2009 22:04:21 GMT -5
I love the stories behind the names.  |
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Post by missjean on Jul 13, 2009 22:15:49 GMT -5
1)Where does your username come from?In '88 or '89, I took a class at the University of Michigan that required responses to the readings to be posted on a bulletin board (part of the precursor to the Internet). I "met" several classmates as a result and we decided to meet at Dominick's, a fun local bar (with cheap daquiris). Unbeknownst to me, a couple of Canadian girls made the assumption that I was a guy. So I decided to use "MissJean" from then on. Plus, I had a friend who called all her female friends by "Miss---", so it was natural. Way back at the SHE forum (Sidetracked Home Executive) and later at the old SOS forum, I was MissJeanWriting, because that's what I did most days. Now I shortened it. I also go by "missjeanevil" in some forums when the username MissJean is taken. Just so they know who's boss. 
2)How has it helped you "step out of squalor"?It's given me continuity in the online community, which was important when I was moving every couple years and changing jobs. 3)When you "desqualor", will you change your username to celebrate?No. Perhaps when I run for political office I'll disavow any knowledge, though. 4)Does your name positively reinforce you? If so, how? If not, how can you reframe it to be supportive to your process?The only time I thought of changing it was when a boyfriend pointed out that my username (also incorporated into my e-mail addy) was a signal that I valued my singlehood over any relationship. But he should have been psychoanalyzing himself. Plus, MissJeanWhoWantsToBeMarried is too long.
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Post by mellowyellow on Jul 13, 2009 22:18:56 GMT -5
I am not Mellow. I worry. I fret. I question. I over analyze. I doubt.
But I know that many people think I am calm and confident because I show it outwardly.
By giving myself this name, Mellow Yellow, I am constantly reminding myself to relax a bit, to take things easy, to not worry so much.
Apparently as a baby, I was very calm and placid. My mum called me and still does, a little duck... And she taught me that like a duck, we should all look calm and serene on the outside, while paddling madly underneath the surface.
So... mellow and graceful, but working like crazy to get order and beauty in my life.
And yes.. I do love yellow... and yes.. love to see it, wear it, paint with it... It makes a normally grumpy introvert, break out of her shell and be more social and friendly.
Talk about mixed metaphors..
And now, I wouldn't change the name because I think I will always need to be reminded to stay mellow in my thinking.
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Post by skatters on Jul 13, 2009 22:39:18 GMT -5
1)Where does your username come from? Skatters is sort of a play on my real first name AND it is very fitting of me. I am very scattered... my thoughts, my actions. Sometimes scatterbrained, but other times, it is more of a focused scattering... 2)How has it helped you "step out of squalor"? I am not sure that it has helped. But I don't think it has hindered. In all things, I tend to be a bit flighty, and I am trying to rein in flighty to being simply 'skattered'. If that makes any sense!
3)When you "desqualor", will you change your username to celebrate? No, I won't be changing my name. It would be like changing my first name in real life. Awkward and cumbersome. 4)Does your name positively reinforce you? If so, how? If not, how can you reframe it to be supportive to your process? It DOES positively reinforce me. Remember, one of my goals in life is to tame the flighty into the scattered. : ) Besides, it is just a silly, playful name... and I only take it that way. Loved hearing others stories!
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Post by notsomessyshell on Jul 13, 2009 23:37:21 GMT -5
What an interesting thread! 1. My name is a spin on my nickname. The messy is what I am, but what I wish to leave behind. I recently have felt that I should have given it more thought, but that day I found SOS and then here I just dove in and needed to be here that moment before I lost my nerve. If I had taken time to think of a name I may have changed my mind.... 1. My name reminds me that I need to make changes and move forward. 3. I do believe I will change my name to reflect my success. Not sure what it will be, but something more positive. 4. I think I put a positive spin on it this way: I am messy. I am messy because I am creative and would much rather sit and knit something or write, or make a huge mess in the kitchen inventing a recipe.  |
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Post by sleepymom on Jul 14, 2009 11:19:03 GMT -5
I didn`t put a lot of time into thinking of a user name here (meaning the original N54 group I joined 5 years ago). I have the same user name for almost all of my other online communities and did not want my real identity linked here. Wanting a couple of real attributes, sleepy is from having Lupus. I`m always tired, and it`s one of the major reasons I struggle with housekeeping. Mom is from my most important job. So, not very original, but I`ve been sleepymom here for quite some time. It`s not a goal, but who I am, so doubt I will ever change it on this forum.
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Post by bluefrog on Jul 14, 2009 12:00:29 GMT -5
1.I'm bluefrog in a couple of other places on the net, and I kept it for here because it's neutral with regard to housekeeping, since I didn't want to choose a negative name. "Zookeeper" would just make me feel worse about myself and the critters and the mess. Besides, I like my avatar.
2. I don't actually believe in "spirit guides," but if I did, mine would be a frog. They're connected to water, beginnings of things, and cleansing. Somehow, I think that helps with keeping the place in better condition than I would if I didn't have that.
3. Nope. Bluefrog fits fine.
4. I'm not sure that my username is positive reinforcement; but it is, as Martha Stewart (makes a sign to ward off the Evil Eye) says, "a Good Thing."
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Post by moggyfan on Jul 14, 2009 12:44:48 GMT -5
Once on a BBC show called MI-5, a character said, "Oh, it's just a moggy," referring to a kitty who'd startled someone. I thought it was a cute word.
I'm "moggyfan" in all my (admittedly rather limited) online life, so definitely not unique to this forum or issue.
Don't think I'd change it for any reason.
Seems neutral-to-positive. I like cats & have one.
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Post by slothzilla on Jul 14, 2009 16:13:37 GMT -5
I don't even recall why I picked mine, I guess I just liked the sound of it at the time (and "Creature from the Sloth Lagoon" is too many letters!...I like goofy old monster movies.)
When I created my name, I was unaware of the Listzilla part of this website, or I would've come up with something different.
I'm thinking about changing my name..."Sloth" seems to reinforce old negative habits that I don't want to slip back into. Maybe I am just overanalyzing it, but I might go with a more positive-sounding moniker.
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Post by Cince on Jul 16, 2009 1:44:51 GMT -5
:-*Hi all,
I've enjoyed reading this thread too.
1)Where does your username come from?
I wish I could remember what year it was, though I think I joined Squalor Survivors in September of 2006, and I chose the name CincyRecycler when I joined there. I have been an avid recycler for many years, and I am from Cincinnati, Ohio, and that's where I was living then, (and now), so that's the name I came up with at the time. I belong to several online communities, and I have different names at most of them. When I joined here last June, I chose the name "Cince" because a member of Squalor Survivors, Inga_Rea, used to call me that in the chat room there, and I liked it.
2)How has it helped you "step out of squalor"?
Just by being a member of SS, and now here, I am becoming aware that I am a hoarder. It's been a roller coaster of de-cluttering and acquiring, since becoming a member of SS several years ago. I do think that I've gotten rid of way more than I've acquired since joining SS, at least I hope that I have. I have not "stepped out of squalor" yet, it is a slow process for me. I have a hard time giving myself amnesty, especially from recycling. I feel obsessed and compelled to recycle things.
3)When you "desqualor", will you change your username to celebrate?
I doubt I will.
4)Does your name positively reinforce you? If so, how? If not, how can you reframe it to be supportive to your process?
I think it's kind of a neutral name to my process.
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Post by bigtimetroubles on Jul 16, 2009 6:00:54 GMT -5
well my user name says alot about me....I am bigtimetroubles.... actually I started here and read before joining...so I saw all the other anonymous names and I had to think of one....I liked bigtime but added troubles because I am such.,..alcoholic, drug addict, squalor man, visits psych hospitals numbers of times in past ....I am now recovering from all those things.... it has been a hit here as BTT....I like that simplified way since it is quite a long name to type...it also starts with the first two letters of my real name bill so sometimes I start typing bigtimetroubles as bill then backspace to correct it.... I will have to look at what else you wanted to know about my name but I have to say I love my avitar....I have been the lawn mower man for from the first memories.... I actually had an incident when I was pre 10yrs old with lawnmower and school pride...I caught hell for taking lawn mower and spelling the school name into the backyard WATSON....that was my grade school back then...I think getting beaten for that I lost interest in school stuff.....good to know I turned away from learning and just wanted peace and fun....and man trouble is fun! but trouble simply does not lead to peace...so I started to recover from my pursuit of troubles..... I love love love my avitar and knew it was me when I first saw it....hugs bigtimetroubles  |
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Post by gottaproblem on Jul 16, 2009 11:36:57 GMT -5
BTT Said: but I have to say I love my avitar BTT, For a long while my brain did not process your avitar correctly and I thought it was you wrapped in a big green blanket, then one day I saw it correctly and it was a guy mowing the lawn. I thought the blanky avitar was very comforting.  1-Anyway about my name: when I joined SOS I just grabbed a name that made sense at the time. I had a problem, I still have a problem. I don't think of it as negative as much as I think of it as a reminder. 2-It has helped in the fact that I use it here in this community and I feel apart of the community. I am still working on my mess every day, just not very hard. 3-I do not know if I will change it or not, probably, but it seems that the journey is taking a very long time for me. 4-It positively makes me feel a part of the community. If we change our name can we do it without starting over in counting our posts and the day that we started? This is an interesting thread, thanks to the OP. |
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