I’ve seen this challenge a few times around Steemit lately but wasn’t really planning to do a post. However, I was tagged by two of my favorite friends on here: 
SO, if case you haven’t heard:
The rules for this challenge:
- Tell us in a post how you chose the current Steemit username you have. The story behind it.
- Tell us your real name!
- If you could change your current username, which name would you choose and why? If you have a * possible usernames list, mention it!
- Use the tag #steemitnamechallenge so that the creator of the challenge can track all the posts and check them out
- Nominate 5 people for this challenge
The Story Behind the Name
I first coined this username quite a few years ago on this writer’s website I found to share my poetry on - writerscafe.org. I wanted a name that said I was a poet but my actual name is not poetic whatsoever, plus I wanted to keep some form of anonymity so I went with my middle name and added speaks in there because my poetry gave me a voice I didn’t have in the real world at the time.
When I found Steemit it only seemed natural to keep going with a.marie.speaks - even though the platform wouldn’t allow the periods for separation - the way I have on my other usernames but I just squished it all together and thought people could figure it out on their own.
The Real Name
Well here goes the mystery behind the veil - my middle name is Marie, after my grandmother whose middle name was the same. The a stands for Allyson - and awful. LOL
I never liked my given name. I always went by Ally andn even that I'm not a fan of.. . Only about 3 people in the whole world called me Allyson.. most friends and family call me Ally.. Even my husband knows I don’t like my name - he just calls me sweetheart. If he ever calls me Ally I know he’s mad with me lol so between sweetheart and Mom I don't hear my real name much anymore ;-)
A rose by any other name??
If I was to change my username, I would probably switch over to my other commonly used username: Third Eye Navigation - I have a wordpress blog, redbubble, and email address all with this name already so the transition would be easy ;-)
I like that name because I think it sums up my personality and perspective all in one but I believe I didn’t think of it until after I had started on Steemit.
So that’s the story behind my username 
@amariespeaks - I hope you all had fun hearing all about it
I know I’m late to the party so if you’ve already been tagged or have participated in this game already I’m sorry for the repeat tag - but I’m trying my best to keep up with everything/one on here!
