What Is the Science of Reinvention?

Three weeks ago I had surgery on my foot, it was an elective procedure so I can only blame myself for the change that it created in my normal daily routine.  The days right after my surgery I spent being nursed by a college friend of 35 years.  While there I was having a conversation with her husband about his intention of reinventing himself as he turned 50. 
For some reason I haven't been able to get the word "reinvent" out of my mind.  This time of year we all are finding reasons to be grateful and find the true meaning of the holidays.  I think in many ways that is how many of us "cope" with where we find ourselves in life.  I believe that is healthy thinking and helps us make it through. 
This final week of the year I think we also find ourselves reflective of what the year as meant and what we hope to see in the coming year.  Today as I have been taking stock the word reinvent will not leave my consciousness.  I love words, and found this definition in the dictionary for the one that has been present for some time.
Reinvent-

1. To invent again or anew, esp. without knowing that the invention already exists

Today I have been wondering much like many of you what the next year will bring.  And I came to the conclusion that if I want the next year to be different I need to figure out the "Science" behind reinvention.  So for the next year that is my goal.   I will begin the process to  understand from a holistic view what inventing again might mean.  Being big on definitions here is what I found for science.

1. Systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation

It sort of feels like there is a systematic way to understand both the physical and material world, and alI recognize for my own reinvention that will all have to be new.  I also believe there is a systematic knowledge of the spiritual world that resides behind the veil and has the same potent ability to change us. I will need to lift the veil to see what is there, once again.

You see what I have realized is that I have reinvented myself many times in my 55 years.  At each point when I realize it is time again to take stock of who I am and where I am and "do the work" or figure out the science of me.  In 2004 I was in the same spot, I am today trying to figure out the formula of me.  If the last 6 years was anything like the next 6 years I am in for a real discovery.  

I am grateful for the alchemy of the journey