Long ago I started using the Google network and set up an account tied to my primary e-mail address. At some point in the last couple years I made a Gmail account, which is powered by Google and was thus made on the same account as everything else I'd ever done with Google. I made this account specifically for one purpose and this purpose no longer exists, but the name I used on the account does. Its not a name I care to have attached to me any longer, yet its a name that Google insists I use if I reactivate Gmail on that account.
Oh Google, why must you be so enchanting most of the time and yet, every so often, be so cruel?
I had a solution to this problem, however. For months now I have bemoaned my plight and been told by friends that I should simply set up a new account. I insisted that this would be highly problematic as I now have a Google+ account, Google Documents, and Maps set up through my old Google account. Despite this concern, I gave it a shot. It was so incredibly simple to send my contacts from Yahoo! to Gmail, and Google told me that I could toggle between two accounts. This, however, wasn't really as easy as it seemed like it would be, or at least the easiness was over-shadowed by the annoying-ness of switching accounts back and forth. I, therefore, moved my Google Documents over (as simple as sharing them with my new account and then making the new account the only individual that could edit them). I set up a new Google+ account and most of my Friends have already added me back, I'm not worried about the few that haven't. The maps I've set up aren't anything I've looked at in a long time so I'm sure they aren't that important.
"Great!" I thought, "I'm well on my way to getting my new Google account set up and I should be set to delete my old one by the end of the holiday weekend. I think I'll go blog about this ..."
"Oh shit."
My blog is also tied to said old Google account.
I then considered the cons of creating a new blog on my new account.
- It would require a new web address and therefore a new name - If anyone had bookmarked my blog, they would have to change the bookmark. I can't imagine too many people having trouble with this and I could make a name that is similar
- I would lose all of my old blog entries - On some level this bothers me, but on another I find it perfectly fine. Other than the few most recent blogs I've written, I'm not especially attached to the old entries. In fact, I look back at them and feel that they could have been done better, or that they are outdated.
- I don't know if I could make it look this same - This is by far the con that seems to upset me the most. I recall when I started this blog that it took me a great deal of fiddling to get the look to my satisfaction. I was surprised that the image I uploaded as my new picture at the top of my blog got placed so well.
Obviously, these concerns are not really concerns; they are trifles. So I did start a new blog. It does look a little different, but I think I am satisfied with the overall look of it.
You can now find my new blog here.
In addition, today is Thanksgiving, though I'm not celebrating it today. I'd like to wish everyone a happy holiday and promise that I will be posting about our Thanksgiving on Saturday after we've had our Friday Feast. This post will be on my new blog.
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