Why I Dressed in Green on St. Pattys

St. Patty's day is a day of gold, four leaf clovers, green, rainbows, drinking, and CONFORMITY ORIGINATING IN PINCHING.

I mean I am not even Irish but I caught myself bedecking myself in green this morning. I barely know any of the traditions that go into the holiday. And I didn't do anything to celebrate the day. But like clockwork, I put on a green shirt and green pants anyways. I even asked people where their own green was!

Nothing is wrong with St. Patty's day. It's a pretty cool holiday of fun and color. But I don't really celebrate the holiday. SO WHY AM I WEARING GREEN?

I spent the whole day trying to justify why I was wearing so much green on St. Patty's day. And here's what I came up with:

I've been wearing green because of my elementary school days where everyone wore green. Those that didn't wear green were pinched. And I also didn't want to have to explain to EVERYONE where my green was.

Ughh. And even with this revelation, a million pots of gold says that I wear green again next year.

It still absolutely astounds me how much of my behavior originates from my 'formative' years. And while I have mostly revisited, questioned, and ultimately embraced certain values I learned as a child, there are still some quirks that have passed through my self-discovery quests. I mean until just recently, I had always buttoned the bottom button of my suit jacket because of how I wore suits as a child. And I don't think my Dad ever told me otherwise. So in the last couple of years, I have walked into a multitude of interviews with my bottom button fastened. Somehow I know the best location to fasten a tie clip (between the third and fourth button: you're welcome!), but I don't know how to wear a suit jacket?

It just goes to show that we are constantly learning and relearning things in our lives.

Happy St. Patrick's Day
Sincerely
Vinster