You started a business and it’s far less fulfilling than you thought it would be. 
You’re 50 and want to go back to school.
You retired, but you’re bored and you kind of want to go back to work.
You want to work with your hands and get off the screen.
You did a big remodel on your house and now you’re house-poor.
You cut off relationship with someone that you wish was still in your life.
You are in an unhappy marriage.
Your best friend is starting to act like someone you’ve never choose to be around.
You miss being around trees. 

It is not too late for you. 

Let me say that again—it is not too late for you! 

If you’re willing to live with the consequences and maybe less comfort, you can do it. You can take out a loan and go back to school. You can sell your big house and live in an apartment. You can move to a different part of the country. You can get a divorce. You can learn a trade or repair the relationship. 

You have probably heard the bit about regret—we regret what we don’t do far more often than we regret what we do. And the often quoted 5 Regrets of the Dying from a palliative care nurse:  

  1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 
  2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. 
  3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. 
  4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 
  5. I wish I had let myself be happier. 

I’ve been hearing a lot of folks fall prey to the sunk cost fallacy lately—our tendency to keep investing in a project, relationship, or activity because we have already put time, effort, or money into it even if walking away is really what we want or need to do. 

There will never be a time when the decks are cleared. There will never be a time when it makes perfect sense for you to take a big risk or be uncomfortable. And there will never be a time when you are younger than you are right now. 

What’s knocking on your heart’s door? What’s trying to get your attention? It’s not too late for you.