How To Start From Scratch In Life

K A Vasan
4 min readJul 1, 2022

It’s amazing how a new year can be so inspiring. I’m not sure about you, but for me, the start of each year is always an opportunity to look back at my life and ask myself: “What do I want?” Although we keep getting older every day, there are still things that we want to achieve before we die. We all have dreams that take us beyond our comfort zone so it’s never too late to try something new or go after something we’ve always wanted. Who knows? Maybe this will be the year that everything changes for you!

How To Start From Scratch In Life

Decide What You Want

Now that you have a general idea of where you want to go, it’s time to decide what you want to do. As with any major life decision, there are things you’ll need to consider before making your choice.

  • What do I want?
  • What is my dream job?
  • What do I love doing?

You can answer these questions by thinking about what makes you happy and fulfilled in life. Try asking yourself: “If money were no issue at all, what would I spend my time doing?” The answer may surprise you! If there’s anything from this list that resonates with your heart, it might be worth exploring further as an answer to the wider question of “What do I want?”

Start Saving Money

Set up a budget, and save more than you spend. This can sound simple, but it’s actually one of the hardest things to do when you’re starting out in life, especially if you’ve been used to spending money on lots of different things and not saving anything. However, once you start saving money for something specific (like an emergency fund or retirement), it becomes much easier to keep doing so every month because you know exactly what your goal is and how much closer you are getting toward that goal each day.

Pay yourself first by setting aside some money from each paycheck into a savings account before paying any bills or other monthly expenses even if that means cutting back on smaller expenses like cable TV or coffee from Starbucks!

Reinvent Yourself

You will be reinventing yourself and your life. You’ll need to be bold and courageous, ready to take risks, ready to learn new things and meet new people, ready to make new friends and discover new things in life.

Don’t worry if you don’t know what exactly this will look like yet; because nobody knows! But think about it: how do we gain skills? By practicing them or by reading about them? The answer is reading about them doesn’t count unless you’re actually doing something with the knowledge (like writing an essay on a subject).

Be Brave

You have to be brave. There is no way around it. To start over, you will need to make a lot of changes in your life and be willing to take risks. This can be very scary at first but the more you try, the easier it gets!

Start by taking small steps that make sense for you. Don’t try anything too big that might scare you away from starting again; instead, pick something simple that has been on your mind for awhile but perhaps hasn’t seemed practical until now (like getting some new clothes or going out with friends).

Let Go Of Your Fear

Fear is a normal human emotion, and it can be useful in some situations. But it’s also possible to let fear get the better of you and keep yourself from making positive changes in your life. If that sounds familiar, don’t worry you don’t have to live with this burden forever!

The best way to overcome your fear is by understanding that it’s natural and that everyone experiences it at one point or another. Then take action anyway.

Letting go of fear can help you overcome obstacles in your life, like taking a leap of faith by starting something new or leaving an unhappy situation behind. You may not realize how much fear has been holding you back until after you’ve made those changes, but once they’re complete, there’s no going back on how much better your life will be once all those burdens are gone.

Get Rid Of The Burden

The first thing you need to do is get rid of the burden. The burden is what’s holding you back from making your dreams come true. It’s the past, it’s all your fears, it’s anything that doesn’t serve you at this moment.

You can start by getting rid of all the things that are holding you back your stuff, your friends and family, whatever job or relationship is keeping you from moving forward with your life. You can also get rid of any ideas or habits that are holding you back from becoming a better person; they may not seem like much but they’ll add up over time until one day they’re dragging down everything else around them too!

And finally, don’t forget about excuses: if there was some reason why I couldn’t do something then chances are I did find a way around it after all so just stop making excuses for yourself already!

with a lot of risks will come a lot of rewards. You’ll discover that there are many things that you’d been longing to do but never had the guts to try.

There’s also a lot of fun to be had along the way. You’ll discover that there are many things that you’d been longing to do but never had the guts to try. With a little more time on your hands, you may even want to get up earlier in the morning and exercise regularly.

You’ll be surprised by how much energy, creativity, and courage you can muster when it comes down to it and how much pleasure these new experiences will bring you in return.

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K A Vasan

I enjoy writing about my experiences and understanding of many random things I’ve learned over the years.