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All in a name

So I guess I need to explain the title of this blog and writing under the name of the Dyslexic Diarist. I know I couldn't have chosen a worst name/ title in terms of spelling it. I have to let you into a little secret here...I have them written on a post- it note which is stuck to the back page of my note book. Otherwise I have no chance in spelling it! I love post-it notes, they have been like a best friend to me.

So I wanted a title for this blog that would reflect what I face everyday, the uncertainty of writing the right word, often getting confused between two words that to me look the same but aren't or have different meanings. Through and thought, mouth and month the list could go on. You often hear about dyslexic people getting b and d mixed up but very little about words that contain similar letters. Diary and dairy being another, I must have wasted many hours over the years double checking I'm spelling the right one when replying to emails, ''Meeting at 10am on Monday is fine, I'll add it to my diary dairy diary''. And once you have it in your mind, your always question it. In a previous job I used to have to email a rota to different staff across the organisation, ''Hi, please see attached next mouth/month rota'. The state I would get myself in hoping I put the right word.

And writing under the name of dyslexic diarist, well I guess I feel I have more freedom to express myself. I keep a lot of my anxiety and stresses in due to my dyslexia, try not to show it. I guess I put a front on (note to self, this is a topic for another blog post!). So for those of you how are dyslexic and reading this- I hope the irony of this blog title makes since.
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