My mission for this blog consists of the following: honesty, authenticity, and self-reflection. (I'm a huge fan of the serial comma.)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Blog Name Change
So I made a big decision...I changed the name of this blog. This name is likely temporary, so you can take the title to mean that my title is a work in progress, or perhaps that I'm a work in progress. Why did I change it? I was looking at the stats on my blog and I guess it shows how you could pop up in search engines or something. I don't really get it because my settings don't let me come up in a search engine, but in any case, one of the things I saw was "are people who call it like they see it really just rude" or something like that. It kind of struck a nerve. I pride myself on honesty and saying the things that people are too afraid to admit. I do have a filter...maybe it's a little more liberal than some, but I don't REALLY say everything I'm thinking. My goal is to get people to start thinking and talking. As I thought about that search with the word rude, it actually wasn't the rude part that struck me, it was numerous other words I could have filled in. Why do I want to call it like I see it? No clue. Why is it so important for people to understand why I view things the way I do? I wish I could say no clue, but it's probably just pride! I've been reading a lot about humility lately...that Beatitudes book...and while I'm not totally ready to re-acknowledge the awesomeness of God over my own perceived awesomeness, I am starting to think about things like that a little more. Why is it soooo important for me to call someone or something out? Yes there are times when it is necessary, but do I really have to be personally frustrated by everything? Does EVERYTHING have to be my mission? Can I just be still? Ok no, I definitely cannot be still, but maybe I can be stillish at times. So I changed the name of the blog. I am now investigating a way to keep this blog but change the address. I was very new to this whole blog thing when I started and used identifying markers that were a little too identifying for my comfort. I don't want to privatize this right now because I like seeing that someone from China looked at it! So I have to figure out if I can do that, or if at some point I'll just start writing on my other blog more. Yes...I have another one...with a much more creative web address and title!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)

No comments:
Post a Comment