Want A New You? Change Your Name.

      What's in a name? A lot apparently. Alena Simone, author of "Want a New You? Change Your Name" used to go by Alena Vilenkin. It was not a big change, she simply changed her father's hand me down name to her mother's maiden name, but this small change changed her life and identity. She "poured her best self into her new name." She was transformed from an unlikeable, lazy person who was careful to always avoid the frightening terrain where her true ambitions lied, into a vivacious, charismatic singer who started her own band. "Then I changed my name and it changed me. In my new incarnation as Alina Simone, I had no reputation, no history of unmet expectations, nothing to lose." Your name is a part of who you are, and changing that name is a possible way of reinventing yourself, starting over, and discovering the true (perhaps more confident!) you!
    This article by Alina Simone certainly made me question my own name, my untapped potential, and she made me question my identity. We all have things we would like to change about ourselves, some more so than others, but few are really willing to let go of their identities and start fresh. Maybe we feel like that would be quitting or giving up, a sign of weakness, or perhaps we are content with the people we already are. I'm content, I see no use in changing the person thats life has spent 16 long years shaping me to be......but if I do change my name, I just might have to steal my brother's! Dakota has such a nice ring to it!

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