Oct 19, 2025
Casually dropped in chat with some of my irl friends over the weekend that I have another name I use professionally & they acted like I'd just admitted to havinv a secret partner and family in the next town over!
Is it that unusual?
Made me feel a little nostalgic for the old internet and the possibilities that opened up for reinventing yourself and being a different shade of yourself across different platforms.
My family's always worked in creative spaces so the idea of pseudonyms and the like is something I've always grown up with!
Maybe it's also an immigrant culture thing? In my culture its very normal for part of your legal name to be a family or ancestral name that you as an individual never actually use or speak day to day.