“I’m Jamie and I’m going to Wales. It’s time for Jamie 2.0.”
Knowing that adding “2.0” to a familiar product or service indicates a significant improvement on the original, I smiled when reading this statement on social media. Not knowing Jamie personally, I had no idea why “Jamie 1.0” needed an upgrade. But the humility to recognize a need for change and the willingness to reinvent himself struck me as a noble undertaking.
It’s easy to see why taking a stab at reinvention through self-motivated change can seem appealing when things aren’t going as we would wish. But in my experience, I’ve found there’s a problem with the premise that we need to reinvent ourselves. It suggests we’re poorly designed in the first place and needing a mighty makeover. On the other hand, I’ve found the opposite starting point to be the more powerful change agent in my life, which has had many positive twists and turns. I begin from the understanding that we’re so much more than we humanly appear. We’re divinely designed by a perfect creator. Grasping this has led to unsought career opportunities, a decade living overseas, and learning new skills that I didn’t study in college.
