My first question to all who are reading is this: How many times in your life have you propositioned, "I'm starting over"?
Think about it.
This mentality starts before you can even remember. For example, say you're three years old, and you decide to construct a tower out of blocks. Then, without notice, your annoying older sibling comes along and knocks them down for their own entertainment. Afterward, you look down at that scattered pile of colored blocks lying on the floor and think, "I'm starting over."
This is only a simple example. As you get older, the saying "I'm starting over" tends to change in meaning. When you get to be about my age, which is beyond grade school and middle school, you reach the point where this phrase may have a bigger impact. It can still be applied to a scenario similar to the one in my example, but in the years following this point in your life, the term "I'm starting over" starts to refer to something different.
The term now refers to starting over in life.
Now, literally, that's not possible. You can't magically change yourself back into an embryo and crawl out of your mother's womb.
However, figuratively starting over in life can be achieved.
It can start with a simple change in behavior or mindset. Most people who "start over" in life do so because they think they have failed in some aspect. You can also achieve this "starting over" by making larger changes, like moving to a new city, getting a new job, finding new friends, or letting go of more drastic behaviors.
In fact, it can be any one or a combination of these few things. There are a lot more ways some people may try "starting over" in life, but these are the few that I think are the most common. These are also the few that I am about to start gearing up to achieve. (This is minus the moving to a new city and getting a new job. For Christ's sake, I'm only 18.)
I am starting this blog because I am about to figuratively "start over" in life. No older sibling knocked down my beautiful tower of blocks, it was myself, and that tower was the life that I had built up so far. I have made too many mistakes, and unfortunately, some of these mistakes will haunt me from this day forward.
I may be young, and some people may think that I'm being naive, but who are they to judge? Isn't this the perfect point in my life to be making this decision, to be changing myself before I can induce any more permanent damage? I think so.
If you don't agree, then leave. Don't spend your time reading this blog. This blog isn't just for me, it is for anyone else who feels the same way. It doesn't matter how old, or how significant the change in there life may be. It is about anyone willing to listen to insight on someone who has experienced a handful. It is about me sharing my experiences. It is about giving advice. And it is about being able to be the person looking over your own shoulder, watching your every step, and being able to say to yourself before it's too late, "Careful, you may slip and fall."
