Starting Over — The Secret Way To Begin Again

Lukas Schwekendiek
4 min readApr 24, 2024

You cannot start a new life.

There is no reset button for life, no back-up you can load and no safety net; life will continue until you die and there is nothing you can do about it.

“There is no starting, only doing.” — Socrates, Peaceful Warrior

You cannot start a new life because you are still living the current one, but that doesn’t mean you cannot start something new or be someone new.

You will always have been who you were and will always have done what you did.

You cannot change the past, and, therefore, cannot change where you are in this moment.

This moment is a consequence of everything you did before.

You can try to change what was, but will find it to be impossible.

So accept where you are right now, for there is nothing you can do about it.

But, that being said, you can change everything else going forward.

You can change where you are going to be in a few seconds, and who you will be when you get there.

The future is a completely blank and open page.

On that page you can be whoever you want to be and start leading any life you want to lead.

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Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"