Vannology

I’ve had a few people ask me how I came up with the site’s name. Honestly, it was difficult, mostly because I’m not creative and only have my name to work with. I don’t really have a nickname, not even a middle name. UNBELIEVABLE work from my parents… My name is Vanessa. One N and two S’s. Vann has always turned out to become an abbreviation of my name. In all reality, Van is usually already taken everywhere. In science the term -ology means the study of something. As I mentioned before, I’m not too creative and it took longer than expected. This was a situation where music helps. Pretty sure the people who know me, know what artist helped me with that part of the name.

It’s so difficult coming up with a name for things and accounts when you don’t have much to work with. But what would you have named your site? Do you also struggle with the burden of not having a middle name? Did I kill it at picking this title to my journey?!?!?!?!

How Did I Get Here…?

How did you come up with this? What made you start?

I noticed I was doing things for others and things for work. My time was being spent on things that were not necessarily beneficial but beneficial. I started wondering what made me feel good. During my day I’ll experience things that make me feel good and jot them down somewhere. Writing was one of them and I also learned how much I enjoy meditating. It took a while for it to feel comfortable, like many. I also feel great when I’m learning something new and have it down packed. These notes turned into journal entries, poems, short stories, etc. Meditation became a part of my routine. Learning something new was a daily goal. I also craved something more with my journal entries. I would revisit them often, mostly for reflection. To conclude, there has been progress. It also shows me the time it took me to get where I hope/worked to be. My journal entries are my proof of growth and self-development. I craved my journal entries to have a platform. Perhaps a journal with a cute cover???? Tried that and it wasn’t enough. Around this time, I was also learning how to formulate. And if you know me, I loveeeee office supplies! The cute cover was perfect for learning and planning other long-run projects. But my journal entries?! Not enough. I started looking around for ideas and ran into blogging. I must have a target to reach. I must have a message to carry to my audience. Many articles read that I must know things like how to keep it active and keep visitors coming and reading. I also learned what are great platforms to use. The idea of building a whole site made me so excited!!

This is how I knew that I wanted to do this. I learn how to run a site, give my journal entries its platform, and get to expand my writing skills. When this idea came to mind, I knew I didn’t want to run this blog with intentions of building an audience for me. I would love for this to become my safe space, where I can share my entries and get feedback on my writing. Or perhaps give me some advice to help me get through and vice versa. If I can have this site ideally how I would like it, I would create a safe zone for everyone. A place where I know I can write about anything and other would read because their discussions that interests them. If that’s in relation to them directly or someone they know. I would love the comments to be open discussions, solutions, and an open environment for others to share their very own experience.