Day 67 (Sixty-seven) of 365 days

There will always be times in your life when you feel stuck and may need to learn how to reinvent yourself. This could come when you experience a big change, such as leaving your job, ending a relationship, moving to a new home, or losing a loved one. If you are going through a major shift in your life, you may have to find new ways of thinking or doing things or risk failing to reach your full potential.

Many people who dared to leave their old, unhappy lives enabled themselves to pursue their passions and find a renewed zest for living. You can also achieve the same if you take a leap of faith and make things happen for yourself.

If you sense you're facing a major change but feel I'll-equipped for the reinvention process, don't settle by plugging a smaller, token resolution in its place. Instead, enlist a coach or adviser to help you with the big picture.

Not every life change requires a total reinvention, of course. It may be that you simply need to bring a certain part of your life back into alignment with your other goals and values. Perhaps you have a self-sabotaging pattern in one area that destabilizes or blunts you in others. Perhaps you're lacking a skill or ability that could make the rest of your life much easier and more enjoyable.

There are so many little things we'd like to change. So many goals and objectives we're eager to achieve. But one thing I've found in my own life is that it pays to look at the big picture first. Unless you have confidence that you're essentially on the right track - that you're living a life you feel excited about and invested in - the little details will seem impossible to put right.

Moreover, until you address those deeper problems, fiddling with all the little things won't have much impact.