A PSA: Why AGirlHasNoName

Honestly, I didn't realize why I chose it when I signed up.

Other than liking Game of Thrones, it just felt right.

To explain, I've always felt that the struggle for identity seems like one that continually plagues all young people. I've yet to meet one, including myself, that can boast the perk of immunity. And despite all appearances, I don't think anyone under the age of 30 can honestly say they know who they are.

Which brings me to my pen name.

Why?

In my opinion, writing is the most personal thing that any one person can bring themselves to do. At its core, writing is imparting your deepest convoluted thoughts, feelings, experiences, and whatever the fuck to paper by pen (or keyboard). Broadcasting what you know by how you learned it, by whatever process, however it went.

What is love? Pain, jealousy, avarice, belonging, loneliness, life.

What is life?

Life is what it is to the person living it. 

It's what shapes you.

Defines you.

Gives you your identity.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is this:

I chose AGirlHasNoName because this is one life that hasn't yet been truly lived.

I'm discovering it - myself - as I live.

And, as I write.