HOW TO LOCK IN & REINVENT YOURSELF | change your life & enter your best era ✨

So one of the biggest cheat codes to life that I feel like not enough people talk about is literally any given day you can wake up and decide you want to become a completely different person. Like you don't have to keep being the same version that you were five years ago, a year ago, even the version you are today. You don't have to dress the same, have the same friends, like the same things, be in the same relationship, have the same career path. I feel like sometimes we forget that we have free will and you could decide to wake up on a random Tuesday and be like, this version of me has expired and now I'm ready for something new. And if you're kind of feeling that way right now, that means you are ready to have a spark and completely reinvent yourself. And look, I am your proof. I have reinvented myself so many times throughout my life. I went from like the lonely antisocial girl with no friends to being the social girl who's outside, the broke college student struggling to pay rent to the girl with her dream career, living my dream life, the gym girly to the wellness girly relationship, codependent girl to independent girl. I have changed my style, my routines, my friendships, my mindset. And actually, your girl had one of the biggest rebrands of my life this past year. I went from heartbroken, depressed, sad, crying almost every day, down audaciously bad in the trenches to now my most confident era, traveling, being outside, being around the people that I love. So if you've been feeling like the current version of you is not aligned anymore, maybe you feel bored, stuck, uninspired or like your current life just doesn't fit you anymore. It is rebrand season. And in this video, I'm going to teach you exactly how to reinvent yourself and become the version of you that you've been dreaming about. By the way, if you're new here, my name is Lina and I share all things leveling up and becoming your best self. So if you're not already subscribed, what are you doing, Kate? What are you doing? Go subscribe right now. First things first, decide what needs to die. I know this sounds a little dramatic, but before you can even figure out who you're becoming, you need to go back on the drawing board and figure out who you're done being. And what I mean by this is sometimes we focus too much on adding new things into our life, like new routines, new people, new hobbies, new goals, new habits. But your biggest transformation actually starts with what you stop doing. So I really recommend starting off by creating an outs list. So think of some things that you've done, some habits that you know aren't aligned with the dream version of yourself. Think about the times where you felt sad, depressed. So maybe, for example, you're done being the girl who goes back to people that hurt her or use her. Maybe you're done saying yes when you want to actually say no. Maybe you're done spending five hours a day scrolling. Maybe you're done talking bad about yourself. Maybe you're done being chronically late. So, yeah, we're going to start off by making an outs list together. I'm doing mine on Cove, but feel free to do it wherever you want. We're going to do my outs list. So for me this past year, I'm done chasing people, chasing people who do not treat me the way that I deserve. So those of you who watch my videos before you guys probably know this past year, I got out of a five year relationship. It was a toxic, unhealthy relationship, a very codependent relationship. And obviously, I only showed social media the highlights, but a lot was going on behind the scenes that you guys don't know. I don't even want to get into the details because it's so irrelevant. But just know that that relationship should have ended year one. OK, and the reason why it didn't was because I was chasing someone who did not treat me the way that I deserved. But I was always waiting and forgiving and believing that this person would change. And even though that breakup was traumatic and I thought I would never get out of the pain that I was in. Let me tell you, getting out of that made me realize how much I was actually settling and also how I actually deserve to be treated. Once I finally stopped chasing that person, chasing people that didn't deserve me, chasing friends that left me out, chasing friends that would talk crap behind my back like guys, the confidence I built, the level up in life I've had. So, yeah, chasing people is not something I am doing anymore. By the way, anyone who forces you to chase them didn't actually want to put in the work to be in your life in the first place. They want all the benefits that you bring, but none of the actual work and love and sacrifice that it takes. So, yeah, that's one thing. Another thing, I'm done forcing things and outcomes. So I'm sure a lot of you guys can relate to this one. Like I'm someone before I would try to brute force my way through things. So, for example, even hitting a million subscribers on YouTube when I tell you the journey there was not fun, it was not fun at all because every single day I put this pressure on myself. I need to hit a million subscribers. Why? It's because I was attaching my worth to this goal and the entire journey getting to a million subscribers. I would constantly talk negatively to myself. I would tell myself I made myself feel like I was not worthy and I was not good enough until I hit that number. And guess what? When I finally hit that number, absolutely nothing changed. It did not change the way I felt about myself. It did not add to my confidence. If anything, I felt good for like maybe two days. After those two days of celebrating a million subscribers, I was like, OK, what's next? Another thing, the reason why I was in that relationship was because I was so unhappy in that relationship, by the way, guys. But because I was trying to force the outcome of being engaged by certain age, being married by certain age, I was putting potential into someone that did not have it. I was believing in someone that simply did not deserve it. And that was five years down the drain. Trauma therapy bills. Now, I don't regret it because I've learned so much from it. But still, like moving forward, I'm not forcing anything with anyone. I'm not forcing a certain number on my social media. Don't get me wrong. I'm going to work hard towards my goals. I'm going to work hard and be consistent with posting, put in the work. I'm not going to tell myself if this thing doesn't happen, then I am not good enough to go along with that. We're going to put people pleasing. At least I am, because I used to be a massive people pleaser and I still struggle with that. Like it genuinely used to keep me up at night if someone didn't like me or if I found out that they were talking crap about me, it would make me so anxious. And so I would try to people please my way and try to get these people to like me. And because of that, I let people disrespect me. There were friends that would literally leave me out that would all hang out without me that I found out later would talk crap about me, make fun of my content, call me cringe. And I still wanted to people please them. I was still trying to be nice to them so that they could finally accept me and love me. Now, no. The cut off now is so quick. Like as soon as I find out something disrespectful, I cut it off with the quickness. Another big one is doom scrolling. Oh, my gosh, guys. I struggle with doom scrolling so much. Like it's ridiculous. Like I try so hard. I put like time limits on my phone. I try to charge my phone away from my bed sometimes. But there's a lot of nights like I will spend just like scrolling and scrolling on my phone. And it's just so addictive. And after I spend like an hour scrolling, I always feel so guilty. And then I feel unmotivated. And then I want to skip my workout. And it's just like this endless negative cycle loop. And so I'm trying to get better at not doom scrolling anymore. So we're putting that there for sure. So that is my outlist. I want you guys to make your own. And it's important to create an outlist so you know exactly what you have to be working on. Otherwise, you're just like kind of if everything is like up in the air, you're not really sure. And the reality is you cannot become a new version of yourself if you're fighting to keep every habit from the old one. Next, create your character. OK, this is like the fun part of this. At least for me. Ask yourself if you could completely rebrand yourself, who would you become? What does she look like? Who is she? What is her energy? How does she walk into a room? What does she do in the morning? How does she take care of herself? How does she speak to herself? What does she tolerate? What type of people does she surround herself with? What does she do on a random Sunday? And I'm telling you guys, this works, OK? I used to do this before I had anything that I have now. When I was 19 years old, I was a freshman in college. This is before I started posting on social media. I was alone in my dorm room every single weekend because I had no friends, no plans. I would just sit in my dorm room and I would start journaling and praying and start visualizing and writing the woman I really wanted to become. And look, I didn't know exactly how I was going to create that life, but I just knew I wanted better for myself. And so if you're watching this right now, here's your sign. Listen to that little voice in your head that is telling you that you deserve more, that little voice in your head that's telling you, I know I deserve better than this. I know I could do better for myself. I know I'm not living to my full potential. That little voice in your head. Put that girl on loudspeaker. OK, listen to her on repeat and just like literally go for it. I'm telling you, I did not know how I was going to create the life that I wanted, OK? I come from parents that are undocumented immigrants. I did not come from money. I didn't have the best grades in school. I think at the time I had like a 2.8 GPA in college. I had no friends at the time. Nothing in my life circumstance told me that I could get out of what I was in. But I had that little voice in my head telling me that I deserve better, that I could do better. And with that little voice in my head, I had nothing in my life circumstance to make me feel good. But I just started to journal anyway. And I was like thinking about this version I wanted to become, having no idea how to get there, but still knowing I was like, she's confident. She's healthy, independent, disciplined, purposeful, loving. And then once I started to form this picture of who this person was, I started asking myself, what would she do? What habits does she do? How does she think? What does she do in her day to day? How does she carry herself? And that is one of the most important parts. You need to start embodying that version, that dream version now. Not when you feel motivated, not when you feel better about yourself, not when you finally feel like you're ready. It's when you don't feel ready. It's when you feel the worst about yourself. And so when I first started my self-improvement, self-love journey and had that whole transformation, I started with little habits like journaling every day, just journaling five to ten minutes every day. And then when I started getting consistent with that, like for a couple of weeks, then I started adding working out because at the time I was like the heaviest I've ever been. I was the most unhealthy and I would binge all the time. I was so insecure about my weight because I had gained not the freshman 15. I gained the freshman 30. And so I just wasn't feeling good in my skin. I hated looking in the mirror. And so that's when I started to work out. And little by little, I started implementing these habits of what this dream version of myself, what she would do when I had no proof that I could become this version. That's when I started it. And so if you want to become that dream version of yourself, that version of yourself that, you know, in the back of your head that you have the potential to become, you need to make sure that you are on track. You need to make sure that you are doing habits that align and set goals for yourself that are aligned. And the way that I was able to do this with my most recent rebrand this past year, which arguably I think was one of the biggest rebrands that I've done, like you could just see the difference of my rebrand physically. So many people have told me like, Lena, you're glowing, you look like a different person. And not even that the physical is the most important part. It's actually my mental that has changed even more than my physical. But other people notice the amount of times that you guys have told me, like, wow, Lena, you're glowing. You look so happy. The amount of times in person people have told me, like, girl, you're literally glowing. It's from that mental, physical rebrand that I did this past year. And so the way that I was able to do this rebrand was to ask myself, what are the different parts of the girl I'm becoming? And so what I did was I created coves to keep your girl in check. And by the way, if you don't know, Cove is basically your digital diary for your life. And so when I tell you she is my blueprint, she is my whole life. I'm not kidding. So for my most recent rebrand, I was serious, OK? And I was locked in. I was so down bad after my breakup. And I was like, I refuse to stay in this place. And one of the things that really, really helped me was creating different coves for who I want to become. So, for example, one of the things I created was this healing journey cove. And so here is basically where I would pray. I would journal. I would take notes from my therapy. I was just so serious about healing from that breakup because I refused to let anyone treat me like that ever again. To let anyone make me feel like I wasn't enough. And so here you could see like I literally was journaling every when I tell you every single day I was journaling every single day and I would save TikToks that would like motivate me. So, for example, let's see this one. Clock it. And so, yeah, here is where I would put things that would motivate me. It's so nice because I could add direct links to my coves. So like things that would motivate me, inspire me. I just would add it all into this healing journey cove. It's really nice because cove lets you add direct links to anything that you want. It could be Pinterest, TikTok, whatever. And I would put the ugly parts of my healing journey to you. Like, as you can see, I have stuff where I'm literally sobbing, like sobbing, making video diaries in the midst of my breakup where I was so sad, like, oh, my gosh, I see this in like my heart. Loki kind of breaks like, damn, I was sobbing. It's like heartbreaking, but also kind of funny to see because I've come such a long way, you know? So my healing journey cove, I'm telling you, has helped me heal so much and documenting my whole healing journey and being intentional about it and like seeing my progress from when I was like crying all the time to now where I've healed so much. It is just so cool to see my entire journey. You know, I also created this words to live by cove, and I would just save some of my favorite quotes that would like motivate me, inspire me. For example, I've learned some of my best lessons from the worst people. How others treat me is their path. How I react is mine. You are not responsible for making people like you. Let them underestimate you. So whenever I needed a little pick me up, a little motivational word, I would just like pull up my words to live by cove. If I saw something on social media that inspired me, I would add it here. And one of the hobbies I picked up when I was like in my healing journey was running. I feel like when you're going through a breakup or you're just going through a tough time, it's really important to pick up new hobbies. And so one of the things I started was running. And so I wanted to kind of document my running journey. I like take videos of me running some photos, my Apple watch. This is me and my brother running together, you know, so it helps me keep myself in track, but also it's so nice to like see my progress over time. Another one is my outfits inspo one. This is a big one because a lot of you guys have noticed, too. I have leveled up the fits. Let me tell you, because before I would only wear I would wear a lot of sweatpants, a lot of baggy things. I also would only wear athleisure. But in this past year of getting to know myself and wanting to rebrand myself, I was like, I want to level up my fits and just level up in general. I want to go for a more classy, timeless kind of elevated look. And so this is kind of how I used to dress. And then this is how I dress now. So, you know, see, I have been leveling up the fits. And a lot of you guys have you guys have noticed. And a huge part of that was because of my outfits inspo. Whenever I find an outfit that I really think is cute or I see on social media like, oh, this looks really nice on her. Like I would like to wear something like that. I save it in here. And whenever I'm like dressing up for something and I have no idea what to wear, I pull up my outfits inspo code and it helps me so much. You guys have no idea. It's also so nice because I could add direct links to the clothes that I want to get. So this is like an example of one. This is a dress I really, really wanted. She's expensive. She is expensive. But I thought it was so cute. So maybe one day for something like special. But I have that saved in here. And yeah, a huge reason why my outfits have elevated and I just feel like my vibe, my aura has elevated is from this outfit inspo code. I'm always adding to this like almost every day. And then finally, one of my favorite ones is my Bible versus one. So a huge goal of mine for this rebrand was to get in touch with my faith more. And so my goal was to read a chapter of my Bible every day and pray every day. And this is truly what has been helping me. As you can see, like your girl has been locked in. And was I perfect with it? No, there were some days where I skipped and it would make me a little sad because Cove has like the streak function. And I would like go 67 days with journaling and praying and posting in my code every day. And then when I lose it, I get so sad. But, you know, it's about consistency, not perfection. And as you can see, like when I look through this, I'm like, wow, I was very consistent. I wasn't perfect, but I was very consistent with it. And over time, like my mindset has grown. My relationship with God has grown. And my Bible versus Cove is like so special to me. And I still post in this every single day. And then finally, my journaling one. This is where I added my outs list. But this is where I just journal and I pray to God in it. And this is where I basically brain dump my thoughts, like whatever I'm thinking, whatever I'm feeling, if I feel anxious, if I'm nervous, if I'm worried about something, I will just journal it. And if I'm feeling grateful, I will journal it. If I have any thoughts about anything, I journal it. And so this has been a game changer as well. And just like having this diary where I could keep everything of mine, whether it's like photos of my cats, my journal entries, my healing journey, any travels I did, like having my digital diary to hold all this has been game changer for my rebrand, for my reinvention. And I'm genuinely not just saying this because Cove is my app that I created with my brother. It was genuinely the app that I needed for my self-love journey, because before that, all I could do was like really vision boards on Pinterest and journaling in my notebook. But having a place to have all of it has completely changed the game. It has completely changed my life in my rebrand in this past year. So I know it will change yours. So, yeah, if you're reinventing yourself, I highly recommend you to create three to five coves for the different areas of your life that you want to level up. So whether it's your fitness, you want to be consistent with working out your style, your career, your faith, journaling, your healing, your confidence, having coves to help support you in your journey and help you document your journey is literally game changer. I cannot stress it enough. And people always say make a vision board, make a Pinterest board of like the version you want to be your dream life, your dream version of yourself. But I believe it's not just that. It's about documenting to become that version. That is what actually helps. That's what actually keeps you in check and on track. So, yeah, I'm going to have Cove linked to my description for you guys. But whether it's on Cove or a different app or your notes app, your photos app, make sure that you are documenting your journey and keeping yourself on track to become that version of yourself. Change your environment. Girl, you cannot expect to have the rebrand of your life while living in an environment that is constantly pulling you back into your old identity. And so I mean everything. I mean everything from cleaning your room, deep cleaning your closet, changing the way that you organize your clothes, cleaning up your camera roll. That's a big one. My camera roll is a mess. And whenever I feel like mentally stuck, I feel overwhelmed. I feel messy. I go on my camera roll and I just start deleting things, deleting old pictures of people, videos. When I was doing my rebrand, I did a clean sweep of my photos app. Anything else that reminded me of that old version of myself in that toxic relationship, I got rid of it. I also unfollowed people. I unfollowed a lot of people. And not because I'm trying to be petty, but anything that didn't align with my future version of myself that I wanted to be, I unfollowed. And I do not feel bad about it at all. Reorganize your room and try new things. You know, start listening to different music. That's normally not your music taste. I actually did this recently in this past year. I have changed so much. Like before I was like, I only listen to rap and Latin music. That's it. In this past year, guys, I realized in getting to know myself and trying to level up, I love me some alternative music like, you know, like Arctic Monkeys. I love me some Arctic Monkeys. I love me some Lana Del Rey. I recently discovered Harry Styles. Like his music is amazing. And these are things that I otherwise would not have known if I didn't try new things, you know, go somewhere you've never been. I've been doing this new thing. So I've been reading a lot more. And so one of the things I've been doing instead of just reading in my apartment and just holding up in my apartment, I'm blessed. I live in New York City. And so I try to find a new park every time to go read. I'm experimenting. I'm exploring. It makes me more excited to go read. But also it's like putting yourself in a new environment where there's people that you don't know, things that are unexpected and you get to see different things. It's going to bring that spark back in you. You know what I mean? Also changing the people that you keep around you. You know, that relationship I was in, I was with that person every single day of my life. And that's how you know it was an unhealthy, codependent relationship. And that person relied on me for everything emotionally, financially, mentally, spiritually, literally every single sense of the word. And in the same way, I was someone that could not be alone. And I always wanted someone to depend on me and need me and love me to feel wanted and worthy. And so it was an unhealthy dynamic. And so being stripped from that, it felt like I lost a part of myself. But also it forced me to learn to be by myself. And also, since I wasn't constantly pouring into this other person, I started pouring into myself and not just myself, but the people that I genuinely love and genuinely pour into me. So like my family, my relationship with my family has never been better. Since I left that relationship, my relationship with my friends, I've been reaching out to friends more before. I would never reach out to my friends because I wanted that relationship to work so bad. I was putting that relationship on top of everything else in my life. And it's so important to have the right environment around you, a clean environment, an environment that motivates you, people that motivate you, because your environment will either reinforce the person that you're trying to become or just constantly remind yourself of who you used to be and keep you dragging down. I mean, I look back now, guys, and I am so, so grateful for how God protected me that breakup, guys. And the way it ended, it was very messy. It was very traumatic. I was replaced very quickly. And I thought that was going to be the end of me. Like I was so heartbroken. But I look back now and I'm like, wow, thank you, God, for protecting me from literally tearing that person away from me because we were so trauma bonded and I was so blind. And being out of that made me realize that I was quite literally being drained and used and not being the best version of myself with that person. Because now that I'm out of it, I feel like a brand new person. Change something on the outside. And look, before someone comes in the comments and comes for me and says, Lena, it only matters what's on the inside. OK, the inside is what matters. Yes, I agree with you. Obviously, the inside is what matters. I always say an inner glow up always shows on the outside anyway. But, you know, we're trying to have fun with this rebrand and this reinvention of ourselves. So get the haircut. Change your makeup style. Try a different style on yourself. Get your nails done. Find your signature scent. Find your go to coffee spot. Find your go to cafe. Wear the outfit that you've been too scared to wear. When I'm rebranding myself, I love to also change something externally. Here's like the photo proof. I've changed my makeup. Like I've gotten so much better at makeup because I've been taking intentional time watching makeup tutorials, trying it on myself, seeing what works. Like I said, I completely changed my style. I went through my entire closet, guys, and I started taking out clothes that didn't fit me anymore, didn't align with who I wanted to be anymore. I still had clothes from like high school. And I was like, OK, let me let me get rid of this. I'm never going to wear this anymore. And like little things like changing my jewelry. I used to never wear rings. Like, do you see this? I used to never wear rings. She's a ring girl now. I love me some rings and specifically like gold jewelry. But something about changing yourself externally, it could be big or small, but it's almost like this physical indication, this physical symbol of we're not her anymore. We're becoming someone new and better. And like, trust, you don't need to spend thousands of dollars on like a physical glow up, OK? Sometimes putting on a new outfit makes you feel amazing. It literally changes the way you carry yourself. Like I'm telling you, majority of the outfits I've been wearing this past year, you would have never caught me dead wearing things like that two years ago. OK. And part of it was because I didn't feel confident enough to wear things like that. But once I started to, the way that I walk is a little different. You know, the way that I enter a room is a little different. I just feel more confident. I feel like more like myself and focusing on the external. It's not about becoming prettier. It's just trying to make your outside feel aligned with what's also changing on the inside. Do something nobody expects from you. This one changed my life. OK, if everyone around you, including yourself, already knows what you're going to do, they can always predict what you're going to do next. You might be living in an identity that you're kind of outgrowing. So do something that scares you. Book the solo trip, post the video, take the class, start running, get dressed up, go to dinner alone, apply for the job, go to that party, start the business, talk to the stranger. Because every time you do something that the old version of you would be too afraid to do, you create evidence that you're not that version of yourself anymore, that you're more aligned with the new version of yourself, that new dream leveled up version of you. And here are some examples. It's so true when they say after you go through something traumatic, like a breakup or whatever, you're down bad, you're going through it and you start new hobbies. That is like the perfect time to start new hobbies. That is so true, you guys, because I started taking Korean classes weekly to get better at my Korean so that I could communicate with my mom better. So that when we go to Korea this year, I could communicate with my family members better. A year ago, two years ago, Lena, I was too scared to do Korean class. I was like, what? Like, I'm too old for that now. And like, what if I'm so bad at it? And like, what if the teacher judges me and this, this and that? Before I started taking Korean classes, guys, I literally had recurring nightmares of a teacher yelling at me or just like because I didn't know how to like do any of the tests or anything. I would get all the answers wrong. The teacher yelling at me like I had nightmares about that. And it was because I had this fear of being back in school, I guess, and just like being dumb and like not knowing. But guys, I've been taking Korean classes weekly and there's so much for me to learn. But that's the point. Instead of giving myself negative self-talk, like you're bad at this. I'm just like my perspective has changed. I'm like, this is just new. And I don't have to be perfect at it to want to work at it. It's like one of those things I started that I was really nervous to do. But once I did it, I'm like, wow, I actually feel really good about myself that I tried something new that I'm putting myself out there. I've also been practicing Korean with my mom more. And so the old version of me would be too afraid to do something like that. For some reason, being in a class and being with a teacher like it just gives me anxiety. I never liked school. I was never a school person. I've always loved reading and writing. But anything other than reading and writing like science, math, like languages, any of that, like I hate I despised it. I despised it. But look at me now, grown girl and like doing classes because I want to learn. Another perfect example of this is I went to Spain. I actually went to Spain with zero plan, zero itinerary, zero idea what was happening, because initially Spain, I was supposed to go to Ibiza with like a group of friends, but then that fell through. And so I ended up just going to Madrid with my bestie. And we had zero plan, like literally zero plan, zero itinerary. And at first it was making me anxious. And also she was only able to be there for a few days. And the rest of the days I was there, I was going to be alone. But I was like, you know what? I'm trying something new. I don't need to be in control. I don't need an itinerary. I don't need to have certainty. I'm just going to go show up, see what the vibe is. And guess what? That was one of the best trips of my life. And as you can see, like Spain, it was a time your girl had a time. And while in Spain, I went on a date with somebody that before me, I think I would be too nervous to go. I just was too afraid to get out of my comfort zone. But now this new version of me, I'm like, let me see what life is about. And, you know, I went on a date with him. We went out together. He also took me to this rave club type of situation. And it was with a DJ that I had no idea who he was. Now he's one of my favorite DJs. It's vintage culture. That's like I don't usually do things like that, like go to things like that. But because I decided to put myself out there, I had so much fun. I had so much fun. And that was one of the best nights that I've had in this past year. And so putting myself out there, trying new things, like also going to Madrid without any plan, like it ended up being one of my favorite cities. Yeah, I'm so excited because I'm definitely going to do another solo trip there. And so like these last six months, it's been a lot of what would the old version of me do in this situation? And what would the new version of me do? Even when I was going on a date with that guy in Spain who's from a different country than I am, like I was like, the old version of me would be like, oh, this is not my future husband. Like I don't want to waste my time. You know, I don't know who this person is. He's a stranger. I was very black and white. This new version of me. I'm like, you know what? Let me see where life can take me. I have no expectations. I'm go with the flow. I'm going to enjoy myself regardless and see where life goes. And I ended up having a great time. And honestly, that is how I built so much of my confidence these past six months, because after that breakup, guys, like I did. I was a shell of a person. I didn't know who I was. I had no confidence in myself. I felt so lonely. So building myself from ground up, I built so much of my confidence by doing honestly exactly opposite of what the old version of me do. The old version of me was too scared to try new things. The old version of me always needed to be in a relationship. The old version of me always wanted to people please and not feel rejected. Now, the new version of me, I'm like going on dates. I'm enjoying myself. I'm enjoying my life, still working hard, but trying new things and filling my own cup. That is truly how I built so much of my confidence in these past six months. Stop announcing it. Start becoming it. So I don't know who needs to hear this, but I think there is something so beautiful about going ghost and just like locking in on yourself. Obviously, I'm on social media. I post a lot, which, by the way, if you're not following me on Instagram and TikTok, what are you doing? OK, follow your girl right now. But I do post a lot. But during my lock in era where I was like completely reinventing myself, I was like ghost on social media. I barely posted and I barely posted what I was doing because there's something so beautiful about going ghost and just completely giving all your energy to yourself. And I think that if you're going through this reinvention, like completely reinventing yourself, leveling yourself up, I really think it's good to not announce to everybody and their mom, like I'm locking in on myself. I'm reinventing myself. I'm becoming a new person. Something about keeping your journey to yourself, like not giving too many details, but privately deciding to yourself, like I'm going to change. I don't need anyone else to see it. And then letting other people notice, like that's what I did with my reinvention. Like I was genuinely locking into myself and didn't really tell people. I just kind of like secluded myself. I wasn't really hanging out with friends as much. I was spending a lot more time on my own therapy and journaling. Not that you have to become like a turtle and never see people, but I was spending a lot more intentional time with myself. And over time, people started noticing around me like you guys, like you guys know me so well. So immediately a bunch of you were saying like, wow, Lena, you're glowing. You seem so different. Like, I'm so happy for you. People in my real life, when they would see me, they'd be like, wow, Lena, like you look like you're doing so well. You're glowing. You're literally radiating. So I don't know who needs to hear this, but go ghost and lock in on yourself. Don't announce the glow up. Don't announce that you're leveling up, that you're working on yourself. Privately decide to yourself, I'm going to change and change for the better. And then just let other people notice when you're genuinely leveling up. You don't need to convince everybody that you're disciplined. You don't need to go convince everybody that you're confident. You don't need everyone in their mom to know that you're moving on from your ex. You just do it. Let your life announce the rebrand for you. Except that some people are not going to like the new you. This is probably one of the hardest parts of reinventing yourself and leveling yourself up. The truth is, is that some people benefit from the old version of you, the version of you that has no boundaries, the version of you who people pleases always says yes. The version of yourself that made yourself smaller. And when you change and when you level up, some people are going to say like, oh, girl, you changed, but like not in a good way. But instead of immediately taking that as an insult, you should think to yourself, thank God, thank God I've changed. You should change. You should evolve. You should outgrow things. And if there's people in your life that try to put you down for that, it's because they don't benefit from the new version of you anymore. And this is something I experienced a lot. Every single time I had a rebrand and I was like leveling up my life when I went from like the broke college student to finally being independent, making money and just being more successful in general. I had friends at the time that were trying to put me down. They would constantly gossip behind my back. They would talk crap about my content. They would call me cringe. They would say I'm too intense. And it's because I became friends with those people when I was the old version of myself. And they benefited from that version because I was extremely insecure. I had no boundaries. I was always people pleasing. I had no backbone. But once I started to level up, I stopped being that version. And I realize now they couldn't benefit from it anymore. And so the people in your life that require you to be your old self just for them to feel comfortable, you need to snip, snip, cut them off. Give the rebrand time. Look, so here's where I used to mess up, OK? I would start like new healthy habits and start working out. I would start journaling. I would start eating healthy. I would start posting on social media. I would do it for like a week or two and then I would fall off. And it's because I'd be like, I don't see any results. No one is watching my videos. Why am I putting all this effort into it? Like blah, blah, blah, blah. But rebranding and transforming yourself. I know you don't want to hear this, but it takes time. It really does. You can't expect to do one workout and then completely change post one video and for you to go viral to have one productive morning and then you're a completely changed person. It takes time and it takes repetition. But the one advice that completely changed my life is focus on becoming just one percent better than who you were yesterday. It's like today. Wow. I didn't wake up and doom scroll on my phone. Wow. Today I was able to do ten pull ups instead of eight. Today I woke up earlier than I usually do. Those are little wins, but they add up. And over time, as you continue to just focus every single day, focus on just becoming one percent better than who you were yesterday. Not comparing yourself to everyone and their mom and what they're doing, what they have going on. One day, I promise you will wake up and realize this is not something I'm trying to become. This is actually just who I am. And that's why the tiny decisions that you make every day, they matter because they add up. And then I promise you one day you will wake up and you'll be like, wow, I'm a completely different person than who I was a year ago, six months ago. So I really hope this video helped. If you're a real one and watch the end, comment down below this emoji. So I know you're a real one and actually watch to the end. Make sure you follow me on Instagram and TikTok. I post daily on there. I love you guys so, so much. And I hope to catch you in my next video. Bye, guys.