Tag: Blog

Like a challenge? You’ll love this

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Like many of my fellow writers, I enjoy a good prompt.  (Sometimes the ideas swarming around in here are too much to organize, and we need a filter to streamline them!)  I found a blogger who is doing a 52 goals in 52 weeks challenge, and I’m going to copy it, do something like that.

Since we’re in the middle of April, there are 36 weeks left in the year, and I’m going to take on 36 goals in 36 weeks.  I like that number. It’s the square of 6, it has balance. So: 36/36 Challenge.

I like balance

Here are the things I’ll be doing:

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And the new name is….

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I have decided to change my blog name, and have taken several days to figure out the best one.

My blog isn't scary, but I've used a similar chart.
My blog isn’t scary, but I’ve used a similar chart.

(On a side note, I’m also changing my maiden name to my married name, which is a pain in the ass, I’m here to tell ya.  What I don’t understand is why groups OTHER than the social security office and the DMV want to see my marriage license.  If Illinois and the United States have already checked to see that I’m married, why isn’t that good enough for you? Infuriating.)

But I digress.

In an effort to focus my blog brand, (thank you zerotohero challenge by wordpress) I am changing my username and the name of my blog to something more in line with my mission.

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Crisis of Faith – What’s my Name?

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I am working on my blog, on my brand, (thanks to the zerotohero challenge, of course) and I have come to a very important conclusion: I think my blog needs a different name.

So far, I’ve called it “I didn’t just wake up this morning with a craving” because it made me think of a really funny line from the 9th Doctor.

But it doesn’t really “say anything,” does it?  It’s unusual, to be sure, and that’s good. It’s also long, and that’s bad. It also doesn’t really mean anything to this blog, and that’s bad, I think.

Why do I even blog in the first place?

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Vein of golden ore

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Today’s daily prompt : When you started your blog, did you set any goals? Have you achieved them? Have they changed at all?

When I started my first blog, Mixing Chicory, a few months ago I did it as a lifeline to get through the burnout of my current job. I had been getting rejected from one PhD program after another, and I thought that writing this blog may satisfy my longing to conduct research. It has intentionally kept me connected with my field and kept me questioning relationships and theories. The positive vein of golden ore that I did not expect to find is that, by keeping up Mixing Chicory, I’ve been feeling as though I’m still working towards my ultimate professional calling, though I’m not beginning PhD just yet.

This blog, I Didn’t Just Wake Up This Morning With a Craving, is meant to be a more fun one, one through which I can answer daily prompts and with which I can be more creative, like a word canvass.  Thanks for reading!