I feel like you shouldn't change your name,

1- when a child is born, parents choose childs name which they find best for his/her life, for child to not be mocked (denis-penis and stuff like that) and the type of person they think you will strive to be

2- all your friends, family and people in your life will have to get used to call you new name and it will be a complete hole in them for the rest of their lives because it is very very very... very rare for a person to change name

3- so we live in a world of social media, and sometimes forgotten friends from when you were a child, and let's say you come to 50s-60s-70s, seek to find others who are still alive, and it's unimaginable how happy it makes you feel when you get in touch with someone who you lost cause you went different paths of life

4- you think it's funny story when people will want to know why you changed your name, and what was it before this one, but in my opinion after first 10-15 times it will just be exhausting.. to repeat the same story to people who might just go home and never see you again and they will forget about that story in matter of hours and never bring it up again, ofcourse there will be people who will find that funny and maybe tell their friends, but your idea of mentioning steemit and your past name will exclude one another, wether a person is motivated for money or for memories, they will just forget about the other thing you said, and strive either to find more about you because you had the courage to change something that in this times defines you, and if person just listens for steemit, even if they join steemit, they will use you to get themselves up, and you guessed it, you will be forgoten
5 - you are walking down the street and somebody yells : (idk your name so i'll just use Helena) Helena! you keep walking because your name is Hope... person just stands and wonders why you don't want to turn around, maybe you don't like them anymore? . another day comes person sees you, you say hi, he looks away and keeps walking, you think to yourself, the person dislikes me now? We were so good back then...

Sorry for long post I just wanted to express how I feel about changing the name, because, what ties us to past lives where we were no one and nothing or abuse or anything negative, isn't tied to name or our current chlotes or apartment or the gift from that person, it's all in OUR head.. past life won't let you go until you let go of it, and trust me, because all the way up untill 2016, we could've barerly afford rent and food, any kind of clothing was luxury for me, and the only thing I changed is my mindset, and it went uphill from there .. Cheers!