Shortly after I signed up to be an
Uppercase Living Demonstrator in late 2006, I started the process of picking a username for a new email account and other uses. At that time, I knew absolutely nothing about "
personal branding". It was really important to me to pick a name that would adequately describe me in my Uppercase Living business. So, after quite a bit of thinking, I finally decided on Words for Living [Wordsforliving].
The main reason why I chose that one was because I desperately
needed words that would encourage me and give me hope. It was a point in my life where things had gone horribly wrong. My purpose as far as work had been destroyed and I had recently suffered through significant trauma from losing my job, plus a number of other very unfortunate events.
Becoming an Uppercase Living Demonstrator gave me a glimmer of hope that one day our family would have a better life and hopes and dreams be revived. The concept of putting encouraging sayings on my walls as a way to refocus and a constant reminder was exactly what I needed - it's what everyone in the family needed.