but my mind loves to come up with ways to bring me down, Hahahaha! Wait, isn't that how everyone's mind works?
It's nice (and freeing) to reach a point where you like who you are, even if the road to getting there was a little harder than you wanted. And I think it's true that if you had grown up with that fantasy-Jamie life, it might very well have been at the expense of your artistry as a writer.
PLUS, and I only have to say this once... If you mother really meant that they might have named you "Jamie" instead of James, that has problems of its own. First, that "Jamey" is just as common a spelling if not moreso, but more importantly... I think it's harder for someone in a career profession (doctor, lawyer, accountant, politician, etc.) to be taken seriously with a name like that. James and Jim are "grown-up" names, but "Jamie" will always sound like a little kid. Maybe not as true in the South, but for the rest of the country, that's definitely a thing. And since you don't know what your child will want to be when he or she grows up, it's probably best to think toward how the name would fit them in the future as well.
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Date: 2021-03-26 12:48 am (UTC)Hahahaha! Wait, isn't that how everyone's mind works?
It's nice (and freeing) to reach a point where you like who you are, even if the road to getting there was a little harder than you wanted. And I think it's true that if you had grown up with that fantasy-Jamie life, it might very well have been at the expense of your artistry as a writer.
PLUS, and I only have to say this once... If you mother really meant that they might have named you "Jamie" instead of James, that has problems of its own. First, that "Jamey" is just as common a spelling if not moreso, but more importantly... I think it's harder for someone in a career profession (doctor, lawyer, accountant, politician, etc.) to be taken seriously with a name like that. James and Jim are "grown-up" names, but "Jamie" will always sound like a little kid. Maybe not as true in the South, but for the rest of the country, that's definitely a thing. And since you don't know what your child will want to be when he or she grows up, it's probably best to think toward how the name would fit them in the future as well.