No matter what your age, your career, or your stage in life, a fresh start may be the only thing standing between you and a new life. Finding a new way to do routine tasks or leaving something that is no longer working is a great way to begin again.
What is a fresh start?
A fresh start is a do-over or a start of something new. For whatever reason, sometimes people lose their way. They forget their dreams, or they turn into nightmares. Sadly, this is particularly prevalent in medicine. We all entered it with such high hopes and aspirations, but what looked like a shiny tower from the outside, ended up being an abandoned collapsing warehouse.
The good news is life opens up anew, and opportunities appear again. You begin to reimagine yourself. Life should be lived to its fullest potential. Life will nudge you until you recognize who you have always wanted to be and what goals you want to achieve.
A fresh start is a clearing of the mind, body, and soul, making way for new things.
Yes, your entire being can undergo this fresh start, for although I typically address careers and business, even when the focus of the fresh start is centered in your career, it can and should involve every area of your life.
A new career can lead to a fresh start when it comes to your health, well-being, finances, relationships, and even what you may personally do and enjoy; your unique, personal style.
Often the change in career or your business will lead you to reinvent yourself and reclaim the version of yourself you always imagined.
Why might you need a fresh start?
Life may have started just fine, but somewhere along the way, the lemons became more prevalent than the lemonade. Can you relate to any of these scenarios?
●You settled for an unfulfilling career
●Your career started great, but with more and more regulation and lack of freedom and autonomy, you feel helpless to create change
●You never developed or pursued your passions
●You fell into debt and have not climbed out
●Your health has suffered because you are exhausted and overwhelmed
●You might even have health issues that are/were preventable
A fresh start makes it possible for any of these scenarios to turn around. There is not as much as you may think holding you back. I hope if you continue to follow my work that you will see the light at the end of the tunnel and get you racing towards it.
When Should You Consider a Fresh Start
Now is the time! You deserve the new beginning that will restore you, make life fun again, and get you excited about each day!
In 1991, Reba McEntire released the hit song Is There Life Out There?
The song speaks to women reluctant to leave the life they have - marriage, children, and all that comes with it - but knowing there was more to life.
This song is meant for anyone looking for a fresh start. You know there is more to life than what you are settling for, but aren't necessarily sure how to begin your path toward a fresh start.
She thought she'd done some living
But now she's just wonderin'
What she's living for
Now she is feeling that there's something more
Is there life out there?
Is there life beyond?
If you are experiencing the pangs of what might have been or longed for something you know will make your life complete, it may be time to think about reinvention. Reinvention is not something to feel guilty about but rather is the letting go of what is not working and saying hello to every option in the universe.
Reinvention does not require changing the things you love; it calls for changing whatever no longer suits you or beginning a new journey that better expresses who you are now.
The right time is now if:
●Your heart has a longing for something new.
●You know that you need to start or stop a behavior for your good
●You find a renewed determination towards a purpose in life.
No matter the reason that sparks your reinvention, the key is to embrace that urge and get started towards the changes you want. You deserve all good things, and nothing has to stay the same. You can make dramatic changes in your life without threatening the most important things - family, friendships, and community.
