Some of us blog to empty our heads into the keyboard, as Jonathan would say. Others focus on Perfect Moments (Anthony), or gratitude (TracyEllen). Many of us just type randomly about this or that and get on with our day. Others still have new themes each week, or intersperse their blogging by creating stories…still others have art or photography to share. It’s endless, really, what is possible with blogging.
It’s all good. We are the owners, bosses, big Kahunas of our little domain on the internet and we can do what we want.
But I often wonder what people think of my blog. How they would categorize it, what they might label it, or what genre they would think it belongs to.
One of my readers and commenters, Michael, calls my blog something that had me on the floor laughing:
DOMESTIC NUTTINESS
I think he nailed it. Also gave me pause to think for a moment.
Do I have a theme? Or am I redundant when I get into my woe is me phase? 🙄
I guess ultimately, my blog is my space to empty my head by writing exactly what is in my head, which often is exactly that – domestic nuttiness. 😉
So now I’m going to ask you two questions. Feel free to ignore them. But if you want to respond, I’m all ears.
1. What would you call my blog if you had to categorize, or label it somehow?
2. What label/category would you give your own blog?
I’ll compile the answers into another post and link back to you, just to deviate a little from my domestic nuttiness. 😜
1. Personal Blog
2. Mine is a combo of a personal/art blog. Just published part 1 of a true-life story today.
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Here’s the thing – the marketers took over the asylum – so everybody now thinks they need to categorise themselves. Nope. Not going to happen. At least I’m not going to do it. I’ll just post whatever is on my mind.
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Most of us seem to be like this which makes it hard, and futile, to categorize. But unique, and fun. 🙂
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Domestic Nuttiness could double as an excellent band name. Like the Partridge Family with better fashion sense, heavier bass and a splash of metal baked into some solid classic rock.
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“splash of metal baked into some solid classic rock” – BRILLIANT. :p
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1. What would you call my blog if you had to categorize, or label it somehow?
Since we are at similar stages in life, face some of the same struggles (although you obviously come at yours from a feminine perspective,) and our children have similar interests I suspect I’d categorize it something along the lines of: Insight into the plight of a good woman.
2. What label/category would you give your own blog?
As for mine…hmmm. As much as I want to create some poignant and literary genius into how how I would label my blog, I think the reality for me is that my blog space is really just an exposure of vulnerabilities and thoughts that I’d never share with people who knew me other than virtually.
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I totally get the vulnerability part. I think many of us are like this. The online community through the blogs are different than just the random twitter feeds or other social media clutter. Because we talk, share, commiserate, support each other through the comment section. The community here feels intimate with the people who take the time to visit us. And it helps us to be vulnerable.
That’s a great way of looking at it. 🙂
Thank you for stopping by. I do have a question: what country are you in? If you don’t want to answer, it’s ok. I’m just curious. You probably know I’m in Canada from the blog.
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I’m not too far from Toronto, relatively speaking.
I’m in West Michigan.
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We share similar climates. 🙂
Keep your freezing rain. 😛
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I like random roll of the dice and feel what comes up! Yours is calculated risk with opportunity to observe the life of a busy mom in Canada!
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Claudette your amusing turn of phrase make’s me laugh, and your blog is definitely chaotic life of a mommy blog, as for myself? I’m a mish mash jumble of themes photos and whatever takes my fancy…………… I guess one day 😉 you’ll return to writing erotic naughty stories? (LA is right, half the fun is reading others blogs)
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Oh…this is easy….Your Blog would be categorized as “Deteriorating Sanity”, and Mine would be “Satan’s Observations”.
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Lol. 😲😂
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1. Daily minutiae.
2. Daily minutiae.
Hmm…I am seeing a pattern here…no wonder I was drawn to your blog.
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That’s good too. The minutiae. Reminds me of something Elaine said on Seinfeld once… 😛
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“Well, I can’t spend the rest of my life coming into this stinking apartment every ten minutes to pore over the excruciating minutiae of every single daily event!”
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😀😂
That’s it!
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Domestic Nuttiness does sum up your blog very well.
My thoughts on my own blog are summed up in the tagline: Random geekery from the Low Countries. Essentially it’s a place where I can chunter on about whatever happens to catch my interest, which is usually the sort of geeky topics that leaves everyone around me rolling their eyes.
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Ah yes the geekery comes through in your blog. 🙂 I like it though, and you are not alone.
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🙂 Honestly speaking, I just came across your blog; so it would be unfair of me to categorize it.
If I were to categorize my blog, I would undoubtedly say, “My blog deals with miscellaneous topics.”
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Miscellaneous topics are often the case with personal blogs. Many of us do the same thing; we write what pops into our heads. 🙂
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Plain and simple i categorize your blog by its name… You are a writer of words. Like mine prolific because I dabble in multiple arts and potpurri because it is a mixture of many styles and subjects 🙂
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Potpurri is a great term to describe your type of blog! 🙂
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I’m not huge on labels that create boundaries around what I do, that I struggle to fit such a huge whole into something so small as a label. That said, yours falls into a personal/parenting/writing type blog, but even those don’t fully touch on what you write about. The best I can come up with for mine is a creative dumping ground, but, again, there is a whole lot more to it than just that, so… pretty sure I’m of no help.
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Creative dumping ground is pretty much how I see mine too. As many of us who navigate family dynamics and try to emerge from that role of parent/partner we seek a space to delve into the creativity that belongs just to us. Like with writing fiction, or in recent cases, many of us have done some cooking or baking which we share. That’s all part of it.
I kind of like the boundary-less aspect of personal blogs for that reason.
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Domestic nuttiness is great!
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And apt. 😛
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Hmmm, I like Michael’s idea not to categorize, as I don’t usually go in for labels anyway. If you make me choose then you fall into the Real Life Mom category with a touch of Wannabe Writer.
Mine is Random all the way mostly because I have no theme and really do just write when the mood strikes me about whatever. I used to have a blog called the Perpetual Student when I was finishing my degree. It was very centered on academics and I loved it, so I guess that means in some ways I do buy into the whole label idea 😉
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I needed to come back and scratch that word “wannabe” because it sounds not serious and trite. How about “aspiring writer” because I really do think you have a voice with potential, given some of what you’ve shared with us here.
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You know Deb I write other stuff too, under a pseudonym, that doesn’t belong on this family-oriented blog, so what you say is actually quite true. I do aspire as a writer but am still quite shy about actually promoting it out into the word. But I have started…and when things come to fruition (notice I said when, not if) then I may very well share. 🙂
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Yes, and the writer-thing, wannabe or aspiring, is also accurate. If I go back to my first blog when the kids were young I cringe at how I used to write. There is something about practice helping us to get not just better, but also fine-tune our voices
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1. What would you call my blog if you had to categorize, or label it somehow?
I like “Domestic Nuttiness” … but your blog is so much more. I believe it also defies a conventional label and wouldn’t pigeon hole it somewhere only to be falsely categorized. We’re all iconic … in that our voice is found and shared through this medium. As protagonist and narrator of your family dynamic, you illustrate the strength and resolve required to get the Quartet through the daily grind. Served with wit and some heat when required. So, it’s pretty cool. Keep it All Claudette.
2. What label/category would you give your own blog?
I choose to play on my surname because I was tired of looking for something original. “Kuched” is really “Get Kuched”. Urban dictionary explains it well enough. Anything I feel like – am – or feign, is found there. Again, couldn’t possibly categorize it though my therapist might have a few good suggestions.
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Well this blogging thing is kind of like therapy. I have never been in therapy myself but I have family members who are therapists and they often suggest to their patients to write a journal. Blogging is like catharsis for some of us.
“Get the Quartet through the daily grind”….brilliant. 🙂
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That’s how I see it … read it 😊
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I try to stick to Faith and Gratitude, Peace and Hope, but some of it is just plain random.
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There are a lot of blogs who have a specific focus, like yours. Sometimes I think to myself I should just pick a topic, or a theme, and stick with it. But then I don’t. It works for some, and it provides a reliability for those who read, because you know exactly what you’re going to find when you visit that blog. 🙂
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Personal experience. Parenthood. Middle age. You relate to the world as a mom first and then everything else. I’d pretty much label my blog the same way
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There is a lot that I could say about middle age that I haven’t. Partly it’s because female middle age is messy (just like all the rest of the ages in females) 😛 but then I think, well, what about my poor male readers? How much do they really need to know about all the messy details? lol
But yes. Definitely. It touches on all of that. And your blog does that too plus invites engagement to share perspectives, opinions and introspection which often leads as a jumping-off point for others to start their own topics in their blogs.
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That’s the best part of blogging though…reading others, and then expounding. In its best sense it’s all about mind expansion. We’re both pretty honest also…we don’t sugarcoat our feelings and that makes others feel less alone
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Yes! There’s the online companionship. I may appear an extrovert here but in real life I am completely polar opposite to extroversion. But still, the reaching out…I like that.
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Me too
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