Devieka Gautam

Devieka Gautam

You’re Not Starting Over. You’re Starting From Experience.

A grounded framework for when starting something new feels like losing everything you’ve built

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Devieka Gautam
Aug 06, 2025
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You’re tired.
You’ve outgrown the work.
You know you’re ready for something different.

But every time you think about making a move, one thought holds you in place:

“I don’t want to start over.”

That sentence has weight.
It carries years of effort, reputation, status, and safety.
It tells you that change equals loss.
That walking away from something misaligned …

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