Static Front Page & Posts Page Problem

Hi and thanks in advance for your help.

I have WP installed in a directory one level outside of the root (ryannbosetti.com/reference) and I’ve set up a static page as the front page for ryannbosetti.com. Now, I’d like to have the posts page, the blog, be the directory where WP is installed (ryannbosetti.com/reference) but I’m having trouble figuring this out.

I created a blank posts page as this guide shows how, but it doesn’t let me name it the same as the directory where WP is installed, “reference” in this case.

I’m guessing this is problem because of a conflict with the virtual directory and the real directory, but how can I resolve this?

Thanks again for your help!