30 DAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE – DAY 1
Today I’m supposed to write about the meaning behind my blog’s name. Why did I choose “The Saga Dynasty”? Well, it isn’t that easy to explain. It was mostly random, but it ended up having a deeper meaning to me personally with time. It was sort of just a realization I came to along the way. You see, I had no idea what I wanted to name my blog at all. I did not wanna use my name or something generic-sounding that “everyone” else had. After hours of brainstorming I got more and more frustrated and was on the verge of giving up completely. As a last resort I found a website that generated business names (I think you could choose what kind of business you’d like to generate names for, I chose blog) and put in my name, which it was supposed to give me names based off of. I had NO FAITH in this, and ended up scrolling through a bunch of useless blog names .”Oda’s Blog” ugh yeah right. As if. That’s exactly what I was trying to avoid, as Oda is my first name and is honestly utterly awful. And “blog?” Well duh! Eventually I came over something along the lines of “The Sagadalen Dynasty” and I stopped scrolling. “Huh, I think they’re onto something here,” I said to myself and played with the idea for a while. At this point I came up with “The Saga Dynasty,” but I didn’t “FEEL IT-feel it” at the time if you get what I mean. I was however very sure that I wanted to use “Saga”. Thus, I kept scrolling but didn’t find anything I liked. My mind kept going back to “The Saga Dynasty,” and I couldn’t exactly put my finger on it, but there was just SOMETHING to it that I couldn’t quite explain. Practically on a whim I decided to use it, and BOOM, this blog was born.
But why “Saga?” Well, “Saga” is a shortened version of one of my surnames. The full name is “Sagadalen,” but that’s a rather tricky name to pronounce. In Norwegian it pretty much means “Valley of Sagas” or “Valley of Legands,” which I find pretty damn badass. I also considered to use “Valley of Sagas” as my blog’s name, but felt like it didn’t completely fit.
And why “Dynasty?” That part was random. It came entirely from the name generator I used. It was the only one that really spoke to me, though. I was initially drawn to it because I thought it sounded powerful and badass, and it gave me major Fallon Carrington associations. (Yes, I LOVE the Dynasty remake and think she is awesome!) Some of you probably think “Dynasty” sounds a little weird considering I’m not rich or powerful, but I feel like there’s so much more to that word. To me, it stands for everything I do to build my life and reach my goals. It’s me standing up for who I am and what I mean. It stands for all my ups and downs, and my strength and drive to go on. I can’t really explain it, but there is a certain strength to it, a certain power if you will. A motivation. It makes me believe I don’t do this for no reason, but to grow and improve.
To build my own dynasty.
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THE SAGA DYNASTY 