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It’s Never Too Late
Maybe I should have done this years ago — but I am doing it now. It’s never too late.
I love my life.
It’s imperfect, it’s had its challenges and struggles, and there are days where my depression dominates me. But overall, in the grand scheme of things, I love my life.
Looking back, it’s easy to berate myself for the mistakes I made in the past. The jobs that I failed at, the relationships I fucked up, the ongoing yo-yo of my weight, and time spent ignoring my mental health. In fact, for quite some time, that’s exactly what I did — berated myself for my failings and imperfections.
Do you know what you get when you focus on where you were, who you were, and so on? Nothing.
Okay, maybe not nothing — you can get insight and learn lessons from focusing on your past. But mostly, we look back at the past and don’t just analyze it or learn lessons from it. No, instead we try to work out how to change it, undo it, redo it, or shunt it away like it never happened.
All of these don’t serve you or me. Know why? Because the past has passed and can’t be changed, redone, undone, or what-have-you.
However — it’s never too late. It’s never too late to start something new, gain different experiences, or change. But to…
