Feeling Behind? This One Is For You…

A few weeks ago, my older daughter came downstairs and asked me if I would help her to make a decision about whether or not she wants to play lacrosse this year.

We sat down and she listed out her pros and cons.

Her #1 con?

“Mom, I haven't played an actual game since 2021. I got hurt so early in the season last year that I didn't even get to play a game.”

I could see how nervous she felt about starting back up again. She was worried that the other players would be so much better than she is because she lost a year of playing - that she would be so behind she wouldn't be able to “catch up.”

I looked at my daughter and I said something to her that she'll hear me say again and again the rest of her life because it's important whether it's lacrosse or anything else.

It's NEVER too late to start again. 

It took me until I was 39 to learn this lesson. I'm hoping to save her some of that wasted time worrying that it's too late.

You can start anything anytime. You can start AGAIN anytime.

Will it be easy? NO.

But neither is sitting around wondering what might have happened if you'd tried. Or wishing that it wasn't “too late.”

Choose your hard.

P.S. She ended up deciding not to play lacrosse - but not because it was going to be hard. In fact, she said she wants to play again in high school. But she's discovered she loves volleyball a lot more than lacrosse - she feels more dedicated to it and she wants to spend her time getting better at that before the fall tryouts for high school. She made a super intentional choice…BUT that's a whole different email for another time.