Where my username comes from

No one nominated me and I feel sad about it, but since I saw some of my pals doing it I decided to do it regardless. Big shoutout and thanks to @acidyo, @hitmeasap, @poeticsnake and @tarazkp, the hell with you for not nominating me, I know my username is kinda obvious but I still want to be part of the cool kids challenge.

_{Plying pool at SteemFest2 because I´m running out of decent pictures for my posts}

So for starters, here are the rules of the challenge in case you, like me, want to join even if no one nominates you:

1 - Tell us in a post how you chose the current Steemit username you have. The story behind it.
2 - Tell us your real name!
3 - If you could change your current username, which name would you choose and why? If you have a possible usernames list, mention it!
4 - Use the tag #steemitnamechallenge so that I can track all the posts and check them out
5 - Nominate 5 people for this challenge

The story behind my name might seem simple but it goes deeper than what you think...

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It was March 2016 and I was looking for domain names for my webpage. I wanted to try and be a travel blogger, you know the kind. Those that post an instagram photo or a facebook post and get paid for doing it because they have a gazillion followers. I didn´t want the spotlight, I just didn´t have any money to travel but the road was calling me so I started to think about a good webpage name that could also be relatable enough to have social media linked to the same name.

At first I tried wanderlust and of course, it was already taken, I had to be more specific, I had to be creative because I realized I was late to the party and all the relatable domain names were already taken. That when I thought "Ok, I have to look for a lifestyle that goes around traveling, people can relate to that, they will recognize it whenever they read it and they´ll know what´s it about automatically, so I tried nomadlife, it seemed the most relatable for eager millenials to go see the world who hate the 9 to 5 kind of life... surprise, taken.

I tried at least 30 different names... nomadlife, nomadsoul, travelerlife, travelersoul, exploringsoul and most of them were already taken and those that weren´t, costed more than my kidney - for example, exploringsoul.com goes for more than $3,000 - because domains made up by two words are very popular, so I had to make a domain name more complex but still relatable and easy to read (if you use too many words the reader gets lost in between the www. and the .com

I tried anomadlife.com and I was about to say the hell with it but the I realized anomadsoul didn´t sound so bad and actually, if the name starts with an A, then you are on top of any alphabetical list. So I decided to go for that name.

Little I knew that the domain name would end up on Steemit, but I am very pleased with the result. I like how people call me on chats anomad or nomad. I believe the end goal was met, the name is relatable, easy to identify and catchy to a point :)

My real name is...

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Eric and everyone knows it, little do they know that my second name, living up to the expectations of a Mexican soup Opera is, Edward.

But Eric, why are you giving out your second name, don´t you know it stays on the blockchain forever, your privacy and all that stuff!

Well, there are 120 Million people in Mexico and last time I checked, there are like 2 thousand Eric Edward, so no worries there, you´ll never find me.

If I could change my Steemit username...

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I would probably change it to @arandomsoul so I could write about whatever without thinking "Oh no, but writing about vaccination or Sesame Street has nothing to do with my username, people are going to get confused, oh damn I shouldn´t have picked such a niche username!"

I shall nominate thy to join the glorious challenge:

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@dreemit - I want to see if my assumptions are correct or if there are other reasons behind this name.

@abh12345 - Because I think one nomination won´t be enough so I´m putting more pressure in him.

@kommienezuspadt - Are you a Marxist in disguise? Are you a German in disguise? Or you just like waiting?

@schattenjaeger - I know what it means but I wanna read what impulsed you to get this specific username.

@voronoi - Yeah, I know you love architecture and the Euclidean geometry plays a role there, but why Voronoi and not Dealunay?

This challenge proved to be fun, I hope you hop in the train even if you don´t get nominated :D