cautious [ˈkɔːʃəs]
adj
showing or having caution; wary; prudent
au·da·cious (ô-d
sh
s)
shs) adj.
1. Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See Synonyms at adventurous, brave.
2. Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent.
3. Spirited and original: an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.
I hadn't told anyone that knew me personally for quite a while that I had a blog. There is something freeing about knowing that you can be anonymous or more so I liked the idea that people reading my blog wouldn't have any predisposed biases towards me so their advise would almost be truer (assuming I'm honest in my posts). So I've slowly let it leak out and the other day the bf saw my blog up and said:
"Who's Cautiously Audacious?"
"That's me!"
"How did you come up with that?"
"Just came to me!"
"What does it mean?"
So that got the wheels turning. In my head when I came up with that 1st I thought it sounded cool, 2nd it seemed ironic to be cautiously audacious and I like finding irony in things! It's kind of like if you went sky diving with a big huge net under you to catch you. You want to be daring, fearless, and reckless but you want to know in the end you will be safe and there won't be any consequences. Another example is I entered an Ironman but then I decided I'd only train enough to finish. I could appear crazy by just entering but I would be safe from failing by just finishing instead of trying to train enough to get a good finish time (hmmmm). Or how about hiking up a steep hill with your friends, skis on your back, getting to the top of scariest looking drop off, peering over the edge while they take a picture, then decide to take the next shoot over that you know is still daring and gets your heart racing but you are 99% sure you will make it to the bottom in one piece instead of the 1st one that you were only 90% sure.
Maybe some day I will let go of the "cautiously" parachute and just jump but for now I'm enjoying being a mix! How did you come up with your blog name or a screen name that you use? How do you practice cautious audacity?
6 comments:
i'm gonna go with keeping the cautious part. ;)
i personally practice cautious audacity every time i get on my bicycle. lol i'm a nervous cyclist but it's daring enough for me to get out there and ride.
ONEHOURIRONMAN. How to do an ironman on one hour per day (average) training. Kind of fits into your plan, as I read it.... have you read my book?
That's pretty cool that you kept the blog a secret. Sometimes I wish I'd done the same, but most of the time, I'm ok with everyone knowing. Now it's kind of shocking when people I know, DON'T know that I blog.
I hated my original blog name pretty much from the beginning (it was Jogging with Fiction), so I recently changed it. Getting followers to come with me has been difficult, but the new name is way better! Ricig is an abbreviation of my last name.
I love this post. Always fun hearing about how people can up with thier blog title. Mine started off as a team Tri Diesel, as quickly as it started, the team never chased the dreams of endurance sports and I kept it up.
I love this blog post - and I love your blog name!! I think its clever and funny and ironic! :)
My blog name was easy: I love margarita's, I'm a girl and I love to run for margarita's so I RUN LIKE A GIRL was born with the willrunformargaritas url :)
I don't do anything cautiously anymore...you only live once :)
though, I will say deciding to do an IM is not cautious!! lol
my blog name came from the things most important in my fitness journey from fat to fit
Miles (lots of them) Muscles (lots of those now too!) and Mommyhood (my life!)
Post a Comment