September 26, 2021
I just recently obtained the domain name, Ugly Old Man, because I wanted to have an unusual email address to use with my Silverdaddies personals account. Having an unusual email, I thought, would help me to stand out, get recognized, and create an interest. Having an email that ends with a yahoo, Hotmail, or gmail didn’t seem to do it for me. I wanted more creative flare.
I sat for what seemed hours writing a list of potential domain names trying to visualize how each name might reflect a piece of my personality. As I debated back and forth with the many names I liked, my poor self esteem kicked in and I started to hear that nagging voice in my head, “Who do you thing your are? Use that name and people will think you’re arrogant.”
This went on for a while as I started to eliminate names. Some because they didn’t align with me at, and other because I wasn’t confident enough to let it represent me. So one by one, I penciled a line through each name that created doubt in my head, and ended its life on paper.
With great frustration and just like the 12 year old that still lives inside me, I pouted at my desk thinking, “What made me think I could have a cool name. I’m just another ugly old man.”
Voila, the birth of my new domain name. The humorous part of this creative process and journey is a reminder of how important it is to keep the kid inside alive, because without him, there would not be a creative process.
The sad part is another realization and reminder of how lonely it can be getting old, we are often thought of as ugly old people.