Redefining the Blog

by Marilyn on August 25, 2006

There’s a lot of talk going around the blogosphere lately about the act of blogging.  Some are talking about quitting, some are talking about wanting to quit, some are talking about finding a new inspiration, of sorts. I’m not entirely immune to this new rash of introspection.  In fact, I find myself smack dab in the middle of it.

This blog was founded, in December of 2004, to be a chronicle of my journey to motherhood.  I wanted a baby, very badly, and seemed to have nothing but the poorest of luck at every turn.  And I felt that writing about it would help me sort through some very complicated feelings I having.  December was a rough month for me.  The roughest I’d had so far and blogging was my way out. 

Guess what?  It worked.  It took a year and a half, but it worked.  I have my baby, my darling, darling angel.  While I suspected the whole horrible journey would be worth it, I didn’t really know how worth it.  Which is surprising seeing as how I already had Harry in my life.  The difference was, of course, that getting Harry was easy.  Getting Liam was hard.  And that’s what this blog was supposed to be about.  Now that Objective A has been reached, it’s time to re-evaluate the blog.  It seems a little… well, wrong to keep calling it “Inconceivable”.  Since I’m not so much trying to get pregnant anymore as I am trying to survive motherhood the second time over.  But at this stage of the game, it’s probably not entirely wise to change the name.  Or the url.  Or both. 

So do I keep calling it “Inconceivable”?  I’m guessing so, though I’m open to suggestions.

Right now I’m trying to come up with my new purpose in blogging.  Do I chuck it all and finally become a true “mommy blogger”?  I’m not sure if that’s 100% my style, even though I’ve always sort of considered myself a mom blog. I guess what I am is more of a “lifestyle” blogger.  I write about what I’m thinking, often when I’m thinking it.  That could be about my children, or about what happened on Lost the night before.  And when and if we decide to hop on the “babymaking train” again, it’ll be about that too. 

That doesn’t fix the whole “Inconceivable” problem though.  I’m loathe to change the name, but at the same time, I really want to.  I mean, it’s not like my blog is THAT popular that I’d have to worry about re-branding.  But… I just don’t know.  What do YOU guys think?  Help me out here!

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