It seems like one of the most common rationalizations we humans use in life — as reasons for not doing something — is that we're "too late" to do it.
But is that really true?
"It's TOO LATE for me to learn a foreign language!"
We use the assertion of being "too late" both personally and globally. Personally, we think it's too late to do things because we're older and wiser. Globally, we think it's too late to catch new trends and opportunities.
And it's not necessarily an avoidance technique... often we sincerely believe what we're saying.
I'm not above it, by the way. There are a number of things I have thought myself "too late" to do. Some were even true; most were not.
"It's TOO LATE for me to start my own business!"
The idea of Too Late — I believe — comes from our own fears of fully engaging in our own most private desires and dreams... and exposing ourselves to the possibility that those dreams might turn out to be little more than just that: dreams.
Secretly, we are looking for some sort of guarantee or even "permission" from the Great Big Whatever that if we do launch ourselves into our deepest desires... that we will not be disappointed.
The slightly twisted thing about all this is that we very seldom say that we're "too late" to do those things we feel pretty indifferent about... but that still need doing!
"It's TOO LATE to buy Bitcoin!"
But nobody makes it through life without being disappointed. Nobody. At some point, some shit, somewhere will go wrong, and we will end up disappointed.
Eternally postponing the things we really want the most ultimately leads to a drawer full of regrets. And that's not really a great place to be.
In the end, the old truism "It's better to have tried and failed, than not to have tried at ALL!" holds true.
When will be admit that it's ABOUT TIME to quit our soulless job and take the lumps that go with a 70% pay cut (Been there, done that!), so that it's our life we're living, rather than someone else's?
"It's TOO LATE to fall in love again!"
It's never too late to fall in love again!
The thing is, so often we doubt our own worthiness; our own wisdom; our own experience; our own skills; our own desirability... whatever it is we need to get from point A to point B.
Pretty much all of life is "risky," in one way or another. But nobody's asking us to go out and "take risks, for risks' sake," just that we dare to reach the things we truly want.
Take a risk on ourselves.
"It's TOO LATE to change my career!"
I'm older than dirt, and in the mainstream world many would suggest that it's "too late" for me to be hanging out with a bunch of Millennials, blogging about blockchains and cryptocurrency.
I "should be" gardening and playing shuffleboard in Florida!
But I'm not. And I'm glad for that.
Thanks for reading, and have an amazing weekend!
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