The new year often carries with it a sense of expansiveness and strong desire for change. You may want to try a new workout, a new career, a new city, or a new kind of life for your family entirely. It’s completely natural to wonder, especially in our post-pandemic state, Is this it? Is this enough? Am I who I’m supposed to be? Or even, Is it too late to become who I’m supposed to be?

Reinvention is on a lot of people’s minds.But what does true reinvention require? And is it possible to make a huge personal change when you’re a parent? The answer is a resounding yes — if you throw away some common but false notions and keep your focus on the process, not the goal.