Many of you probably do not know this, but this isn’t my first blog. I have had two other blogs in the past that were not successful and didn’t last very long. I will not bore you with the details or links because they weren’t very good. The first blog was created on a whim, with little thought, no planning, and simply an urge to write. The topic? My dog. As sweet and crazy as she can be sometimes, I soon realized there was only so much I could write about her, none of which was terribly exciting or helpful to the average reader. My dog blog lasted all of a month, tops.
The second attempt was a little less than a year later. The topic? Good stuff, inspirational quotes, musings etc. This blog had a bit more vision, a lot more passion, but again not much planning. With this blog I was able to write almost everyday, stay inspired, but something was missing. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it and so the good stuff blog retired.
You may be asking yourself why I would try yet again? Well the truth is my passion to write and the desire to blog has never really left me. I also had a desire to use my blog as a starting point for my bigger vision of being a life coach. I thought this would be a wonderful platform to reach out to people who are interested in making their dreams reality and they would hopefully find some inspiration from me sharing my journey. I knew that if I was going to start another blog, I had to set some serious intentions and stick with them.
What I did…
I took some time to brainstorm. My first step was to define what I wanted to write about. I didn’t want a topic so exclusive that I couldn’t branch out and utilize every morsel of my creativity, but I wanted it to be something uniquely my own. I wanted my blog to evolve over time into something my coaching clients could read and enjoy as well. Once I had that figured out I had to decide on a name.
Naming my blog was like naming a child…sort of. I wanted something that was descriptive, unique, catchy and something that didn’t already exist on this particular platform. I started a list and jotted names down as I thought of them, occasionally checking them out on WordPress to see if they were available. Many of them didn’t resonate with me or give me the warm fuzzies, so I kept searching. Finding just the right name was harder than I thought, but I was dedicated to waiting it out until I found the right one. This process took many weeks, so many in fact I lost count. Then it happened…last week.
The name came out of nowhere…literally. I was on the phone at work and the words “Life Once Dreamt” popped into my head. I knew that was the one and I knew I had to hurry and write it down or else it may be gone forever. After quickly jotting it down I was lucky enough to find that it was available and it fit perfectly with a tag line I had written weeks ago (where dreams meet reality). It was then that I knew that this time would be different.
Clearly a name is not all that defines a blog and I still have quite a bit of work ahead of me, but it’s a start. And for me a very good one. Not only did I learn from my previous experience, but I was also able to remain patient to allow the right name to come to me before making the same mistake again and potentially laying another poorly planned blog to rest.
So there you have it, one dream becoming reality right before your eyes.
I would love to hear about what dreams have materialized for you and how many tries it took. Feel free to share!