4. Change your life direction. Make a career change, go back to school, get a certification for a new skill or learn a trade. End or begin a marriage. Start dating or end a long-term relationship. Have a baby, adopt, foster a child, or become a mentor.
5. Change your mindset. Talk about yourself in the way you want to see and experience yourself. Speak to yourself with kindness. Disrupt negative thoughts and replace them with empowering thoughts. Write a release letter to let go of negative and heavy emotions that have been weighing you down. Choose to stop or start a new behavior. Decide to forgive yourself for your past mistakes. Let go of limiting belief about yourself. Create a new narrative about your spouse that makes you love them more. Create a new narrative about people, the world, or life that makes you appreciate them more.
6. Change your interests. Start a new hobby, journal how you want to experience the next chapter of your life, challenge yourself to a 5K run or walk, sign up for a half or full marathon, sign up for a triathlon, start a new sport, sign up for a lesson to learn something new, read a new genre of book, watch a documentary on health, make a plan to try a new food that is good for your body, learn about something new, learn a new word, learn a new language, spend an hour doing something you are passionate about or do something that sparks your interest. Join a group or service organization that aligns with your new identity.
Life is trial and error, and every decision is an opportunity to learn and grow. We are not our thoughts, we are not our emotions, and we are not our behavior choices. As creatures of habit, it's easy to get caught up in cycles that we don’t like but are familiar. Make the conscious decision to reset. Redefine your identity by creating new patterns. Write a letter to your old self saying goodbye to the old patterns and get excited about creating a new you.
Resetting frees your mental, emotional, and physical energy. Starting over can unlock confidence, clarity, and momentum.