Is it too late?

For a lot of external reasons (and quite sadly) most women in midlife will say that it is too late for them to go after something new. We have this mentality because …

• Society tells us at every turn that the pursuit of dreams is for the young.

• Our primitive brain wants us to remain stagnant so it doesn’t have to exert any extra energy.

• We accept the “too late” mentality because it makes things easier. We don’t have to commit to making anything happen, or do something that someone else might have judgment about.

Rather than debating any of this and purposely pushing through some discomfort, we give up without a single action in the direction of what we want. What that means is that we CHOOSE the discomfort of right now over one that would come from doing something different.

What is the discomfort of now? I’m talking about things like boredom with your life, regret, feeling stagnant, a forever wondering if you could have done that thing. We make the CHOICE to accept that kind of ill-content for the rest of our life versus the pain of doing the harder thing now.

We make it all easier to accept by saying IT’S TOO LATE. But realize, there is a CHOICE being made there.

If we agree there is a down-side for either decision - Why not choose the one that at least gives you the potential for what you really want?

If not, you are just sticking with the devil you know - the pain that you’re used to feeling.

I did that for a long time too. And some days in the middle of a lot of uncertainty now, I do long (momentarily) for the devil I knew so well. Then, I remember that he was going to be with me forever. When, on the other side of the one I’m fighting now, there is the potential for a bigger reward.

If you’re ready to put TOO LATE aside and choose the kind of discomfort that uncovers what’s possible, I’m your coach!