🌼5 Actions to Reinvent Yourself in One Year [Practically]

🌼5 Actions to Reinvent Yourself in One Year [Practically]

I’ve used all these strategies.

I’m going to cut to the chase — I’m sharing all these strategies because I’ve used them on myself.

I went from doing a boring 9–5 to being a writer and then a creative entrepreneur. It’s only been 15 months since I’m self-employed.

These tips aren’t flowery “believe in yourself” kinds (even though that’s essential too), but quick actionable tips you can start right after you read this.

Let’s dive in.

1. Choose to Live With Intention

You have to make this choice before we proceed.

You see, you cannot half-ass your way into these things. You cannot half-ass your way into changing your life.

That’s a big deal.

So take some time out and figure out what’s making you feel misaligned. After you write that down, see how far you’re away from your version of an ideal life.

And then, consciously have the intention to change it. Tell yourself it’s time to turn everything around.

What intention means to you can be subjective. This is the beauty of it — we’re not here to follow pre-made templates of happiness or success.

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2. Create This Winning Routine

Introduce a routine of self-reflection to your life. I only do it for 5 minutes per week. That isn’t too time-consuming, is it?

Every week, I answer:

What went well this week?

What were my challenges? How did I deal with them?

My goals for the week ahead of me.

This helps me look at my week objectively so I can strategise things and align them.

If you don’t take out five minutes to reflect, you lose an amazing opportunity to zoom out and see if you’ve deviated from your path and hop back quickly.

3. Work to Find Your Ikigai

The happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow. — Hector Garcia Puigcerver

Ikigai is a Japanese philosophy about happiness.

According to this philosophy, find the following elements to get closer to your ikigai:

what you love

what the world needs

what you can be paid for

your strengths

passion

mission

profession

vocation

In another article I wrote 6 months ago about finding my ikigai, I answered these questions:

What you love: writing

What the world needs: knowledge and value that helps them elevate their life

What you can be paid for: my products, course, services

Your strengths: consistency

Passion: writing

Mission: help others live healthier & happier; improve writers and creators

Profession: creative entrepreneurship

Vocation: add value to people’s lives

4.  Find Your Models

Most people who ask questions can be lazy.

The answers to most questions are already available on the internet. But people waste their energy trying to pester people to answer them and feel sad about not receiving a response.

What a waste of energy when YouTube and Google are at your fingertips.

Who do you want to be like?

Note down 3–5 names. Even if you don’t entirely want to be like them, but somewhat want to have their success.

Now, study them. Read about their challenges, methods, and how they did what they’re doing. Then, apply their strategies to your journey and see how it goes.

With time, you’ll be able to segregate by picking elements from various people’s strategies, doing your own thing, and carving a path with this mix.

5. Give it 100 Days

Before you ask me, 100 days is not enough to get any results.

If you plan to start a side business, 3 months and ten days is nothing. It takes years to build something extraordinary

But 100 days is enough to figure out if you enjoy whatever new thing you’ve picked up.

Say you picked up a habit of waking up at 5 am. By the end of this, you’ll figure out if this habit is sustainable for you, or if it’s leaving you sleep-deprived

If you start a new skill, you’ll realise if it’s fun enough for you to keep learning even when you don’t see an outcome or if it’s just flat uninspiring.

I say that because I tried learning how to code and I was terrible at it. I did it because I thought it’ll help me earn well.

Clearly, I was far away from aligning my actions to my ikigai.

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Summary

Here are five actions that can help you reinvent yourself in a year. Want an extra pro tip? Start today. Don’t wait for a new year or some milestone to start.

The clock is ticking. So start as soon as you can.

Here are the five actions we discussed:

Choose to live with intention

Introduce a self-reflection routine

Find your ikigai

Find your models

Give it 100 days

I hope this helps you just as it helped me improve my life. All the best!

CONTRIBUTED BY Niharikaa Kaur Sodhi

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