Ashley is Upside-Down

It's fairly common to go into an event in a place with new people and being forced into putting on one of those ridiculous "Hello My Name Is:" stickers. I know some people-like me- are tempted to write, "Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," on such stickers, but in reality, it's more socially acceptable for me to just write, "Ashley," or at the very most, "Ashley P."

However, lately I've gotten to thinking that simply writing 'Ashley' like everyone expects me to isn't really harnessing that 'inner Ashley' that I so greatly strive for. So, in an effort to be different, I've taken to wearing my name-tag upside down. The first time that I saw someone do this, it was at a top 2% dinner for my senior class, and it was my best friend. I didn't think anything of it at the time except that it was awesome that she always manages to come up with crazy things to stand out, and I imitated her just so I could feel cool, too.

After I thought more about it, though, I realized that wearing my name-tag upside down was actually something that suited me. It doesn't suit me in a way that I'm weird and crazy, but in a way that I see the world from a different perspective.

By wearing my name-tag upside down, everyone else can clearly see that my name is Ashley, and I can perfectly read it every time I look down, but I always get asked why I have it the way that I do, and I always get to answer, "It's so that everyone else can see who I am if they look hard enough, but I will always know for sure."

I guess it's sort of my new life philosophy, and I hope that I never forget to see my life in that way. It doesn't matter if other people can't see me clearly as long as they get the general idea. It doesn't matter if people can't see life the way I see it as long as I never forget who I am. It doesn't matter if I'm different as long as I'm still me.

Why today was awesome: I used my hot cocoa machine for the first time.

My year in numbers:

How Many Books I've Read: 1

How Many Times I've Lost My Key: 5

How Many Bowls of Soup I've Consumed: 5