TO REINVENT YOURSELF

There comes a time in your life when you feel an overwhelming need to make a change. You sense something is not right and could be better. Whether that is your career, lifestyle, or an entire overhaul of your wardrobe, a shift in another direction is what you desire.

The desire to reinvent yourself becomes strong as you feel uninspired, unchallenged. You lack passion for something that previously brought you joy. Simply put, you are unhappy. You go about your day as if in a haze. The fog of discontent clouding your judgment as you go through the motions with no thought to the next step.

You often find yourself just wanting the day to end so that you can put boredom to sleep. Only to have the same habits and routines repeat themselves the next day. Until you make that conscious effort to take the next step. To notice that your habits could be changed. To take the necessary steps to make those changes.

An example that comes to mind regarding constant reinvention is that of artists. The creators, such as your favourite band, who keep going decade after decade. Their music evolving as they themselves grow and evolve into individuals with new thoughts and points of view. Those artists who cease to reinvent themselves eventually fade into the distance and become that distant memory in your mind.

Change is constant. A lifelong process. It is not simple, as nothing worthwhile ever is, but it leads you to find the ‘why’ of your existence. That which brings a smile to your face when you awaken. That desire to jump out of bed and start the day instead of hitting the snooze button on your alarm and pulling the covers over your head. Delaying the inevitable. To reinvent yourself is to create a new version of your life. Another chance to do that which you thought impossible but discovered is worth the while.