My New Blog: A Little Bit of Creativity and a Little Bit of Psychology

I recently decided it was time to begin a new blog. This time, I wanted a blog that fell into a niche and had a purpose. I wanted to gain a specific audience. Since the school year began in September, I have been constantly thinking about psych topics (since I'm in a doctoral psych program) and constantly searching Pinterest for new diy projects. I was torn between what type of blog I wanted to create. I love diy projects, but being a grad student leaves me little time and money. I love talking about psychology, but that's what I do all day during the week and I don't just want to rant and vent on a blog, but research and put thought into my posts. That made me realize how much I don't like to research things sometimes. Well, I eventually decided that I would combine both my passions into one blog; alternating between pscyh posts and crafty posts. Hopefully, I will keep blogging and my audience will grow.

So, I had my mind made up for the content of my blog and I had even started discussing topics with my husband when I realized I didn't have a name for my blog. Let me just say that I am horrible at coming up with names. I generally resort to something that includes my name. I wanted a catchy name, but something that would still be relevant at the end of my school career. I knew it also had to be something that captured both the crafty and psychological aspects of my blog so it would show up in search engines and people would be interested just by reading the title. I seriously thought about a name for weeks. I did a google search on how to name a blog. I even designed my blog and starting writing before I found a name I liked.

I finally decided on "Creative Stress Tolerance." My original ideas included a combination of the term "Distress Tolerance" and a word to include the diy project side of my blog. Distress Tolerance is a psych terms used in different therapies and I didn't want people to see my title and think that this was a blog about therapy. The title also seemed negative. That's when I tried adding a word to incorporate the diy side of my blog to make the title sound more positive and fun. It still didn't work. I didn't like the words I chose or the meaning they portrayed. Finally, I changed 'distress' to 'stress' to give off a less negative feeling and stop using a psych term. Then I settled on 'creative' because I am interested in only one category of diy projects. I like being crafty, making art, decorating, cleaning, and building things.

And now that I have a name many posts are sure to follow. I know there won't always be an even split of diy and psych posts, but I plan on making at least two of each posts every month. Hopefully I can keep it up and people are interested in what I put.

DIY flower girl basket

Psychology Symbol (Greek letter psi)