I did a thing last week. I decided I don’t want to be called Mindy anymore. This obviously requires a name change here on the blog because, well, I’m not actually “still Mindy”. I’m still ME, but with a different nickname.

Mel is actually closer to my given name of Melinda. I believe Mel suits me better. It’s a name my husband has been using for as long as he’s known me. And I happen to love it.

To be honest, I’ve never wanted to be called Mindy. I had never been successful at changing it, despite many attempts over the course of my life. This year, I’ve reached a point in my life where I am learning to ask for what I want, and more importantly, figuring out what that even is. This year has been one of great inner transformation for me, and I felt like a name change was a good way to reflect that transformation. I’m asking people to call me Mel from now on.

The new title of the blog is Meant to be Mel, and I’ve changed the url to reflect that, but I set up a redirect for stillmindy.com and will leave that up for awhile until that domain expires. Now I just have to train myself to stop answering to Mindy. Old habits die hard!