Too Old, Too Young

You’re too old to go back to school, but too young to start a business

Too old to join the military, but too young to travel 

Too old for football, but too young for golf

Too old to change careers, but too young to retire

We’ve all heard these sayings, or even used them ourselves. So many of us use these excuses as a means to stop trying and doing what’s right for ourselves. Age is just a number. You’re not really too old or too young for anything. I’ve seen 60 year olds in college and 7 year olds starting businesses. I’ve seen elderly and very young people run marathons. Age is no excuse for not trying.

What you’re actually doing is pushing your responsibilities into either the past (too old) or the future (too young). And by doing this, you’re avoiding your current responsibilities. You know exactly what you need to do in order to succeed, but you also know it will take effort and commitment. It’s far easier to make excuses, and push your responsibilities into another point in time.   

So what can you do instead?

Whatever it may be that you want to achieve. Whatever desire you have that you want to achieve. Make sure you start doing something NOW to work towards it. Not when you’re older, not next week, not tomorrow, not an hour from now. Right NOW. Now is the only moment in time where you have 100% control over the decisions you will make. You can’t simply trust that you’ll make the right decision tomorrow. You can’t control your past or your future. You can only control the decisions you make today.

If you choose to continue to push your responsibilities away, or choose not to try, then you are doing yourself a disservice.

But if you choose to try, and put forth the effort today, that’s the best decision you can make for yourself. 

Have a great day everyone!