Why I changed my blog name

For the gazillionth time!

Some of you may have noticed that I changed the name of this blog from ‘Write More. Weigh Less.’ to Autumn Diaries. Those of you who have been with me for a while may also remember that I have done this before, probably more than once, too! I think this is one of the reasons why I suspect I may have ADHD (even though tests say I don’t), I change things up frequently.

However.

The last time I made this change was because I was fed up with dieting and counting calories and, frankly, my lack of progress in the weight loss department. I wanted to step away from that and muse about other things as well.

This time the change comes from a slightly different motivation. Weight loss is still on my mind and I will continue to write about it because I still want to figure this out. I owe that to my health and even more so to myself. But I don’t want it to be the sole focus of this blog. Participating in Susannah’s December Reflections re-ignited my love of blogging, plus I’ve always liked the name Autumn Diaries as that’s my favorite season and also the current season of my life.

But there is another reason.

Ever since I started blogging about weight loss (in 2005!) have I had a dream of turning that into a business. The diet industry is so contentious and I wanted to figure out a better, more human and holistic, way for those of us who are emotional overeaters and whose physical and mental health is impacted by our obesity. For an entrepreneur this is not a far fetched scenario, I am always thinking of business ideas! However, it’s been 17 years and I clearly haven’t figured it out yet.

What made me reconsider the way I approach this dream is Human Design. As a 3/5 Projector I learn through trial and error, and then I teach others what I’ve learned. I’ve been trialing and erroring this weight loss journey for a long time and I just have to wait until I reach and sustain my goal. Only then am I ready to teach my findings, if I still want to.

Human Design Line 3: You learn by trial and error. Carrying this energy means you are very resilient and can morph and change rather easily. While society may not be set up for those of us who are constantly trying and ‘failing’, it is the way forward for third lines, as you then get to share about what you've learned on your ‘travels’.

Human Design Line 5: You reflect back to others what needs to be seen. This line can guide, can teach.

Source: The Projector Movement

To be honest, this is taking off a lot of the pressure that I didn’t even know I was feeling. I just want to focus on this journey without forcing the outcome because of a dream to create a business from it. Hence the name change that removes the singular focus on weight loss without abandoning it. When I am ready I can always come back to ‘Write More. Weigh Less.’ or whatever iteration fits. And rather than feeling I need to offer ‘solutions’ I can just write about the trials and errors of this journey, plus about all the other stuff I enjoy musing about.

So basically not too much will change around here, other than more diversity in topics. As always I appreciate you coming along, more than you’ll ever know!

Kerstin xo