I Turned 50 Today. And I’m Nowhere Near Done.

I Turned 50 Today. And I’m Nowhere Near Done.

I turn 50 today.

And strangely enough, I’m not spending much time thinking about getting older.

I don’t feel old.

What I have been thinking about is how incredibly easy it is to miss your own life while you’re busy preparing for the next part of it.

The next goal.

The next project.

The next amount of money you want to make.

The next 20 pounds you want to lose.

The next version of yourself you’re trying to become.

We spend so much time looking forward that sometimes we forget something pretty important.

Today is happening right now.

And you don’t get it back.

Coffee in the morning.

Dinner with your family.

Sitting outside for a few minutes.

Laughing about something stupid.

Talking to somebody you love.

Those aren’t the little things happening in between the important parts of life.

That IS the important part.

That IS life.

I understand gratitude a lot differently at 50 than I did at 30.

Back then I think I looked at gratitude almost like you were supposed to convince yourself everything was wonderful.

Everything isn’t wonderful.

Sometimes life is hard.

People disappoint you.

Plans fall apart.

Your body changes.

You lose people.

You make mistakes you wish you could undo.

Being grateful doesn’t mean pretending those things didn’t happen.

It means realizing that even when some things aren’t good, there are usually still a whole lot of things that are.

And I’ve become much better at noticing them.

There’s something else I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten older.

People start putting expiration dates on themselves.

I hear it all the time.

“I’m too old for that.”

“I should’ve started 20 years ago.”

“It’s too late to change careers.”

“It’s too late to get healthy.”

“It’s too late to start a business.”

Really?

Ray Kroc was in his 50s when he got involved with McDonald’s and 59 when he bought out the McDonald brothers.

Grandma Moses didn’t seriously take up painting until she was in her late 70s after arthritis made embroidery difficult.

Neither one of them was the youngest person in the room.

Apparently nobody told them they were supposed to be finished.

There’s a strange thing that happens as we age.

When you’re 20, everybody tells you that you have your whole life ahead of you.

Then somewhere along the way people start acting like your job is to protect what you already have and stop taking chances.

I don’t believe that.

You’re not too old to get healthier.

You’re not too old to learn something completely new.

You’re not too old to build something.

You’re not too old to change direction.

You’re not too old to walk away from something that isn’t working anymore.

And you’re definitely not too old to do something that scares you to death.

Will it work?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

You might fail.

I certainly have.

More than once.

So what?

Failure doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the thought of getting to the end of my life knowing I spent years talking myself out of things because I was afraid of looking stupid.

I would rather be 70 years old telling somebody about all the things I tried than talking about all the things I wanted to do when I was 50.

There’s always going to be a reason to wait.

More money.

Better timing.

Lose some weight first.

Get everything organized.

Wait until the kids are older.

Wait until work settles down.

Wait until Monday.

Wait until January.

Then one day you realize you spent an awful lot of your life waiting for your life to begin.

It already began.

My Bottom Line

If you’ve been putting something off because you think you’re too old, maybe this is your reminder.

Start.

Take the trip.

Lose the weight.

Pick up the guitar.

Start the business.

Call somebody.

Apply for the job.

Make the video.

Write the book.

Go back to school.

Change your mind.

You don't need permission.

And while you're working toward whatever comes next, don't get so obsessed with becoming the person you want to be that you forget to appreciate the person you are and the life you already have.

Because this morning matters too.

The people sitting around your dinner table matter.

The ordinary Tuesday afternoon matters.

We keep waiting for the big moments.

Most of life isn't made of big moments.

It's made of thousands of ordinary ones that we don't realize were special until they're gone.

So yes.

I'm 50 today.

And I'm grateful to be here.

Grateful for what I've learned.

Grateful for the people in my life.

Grateful for another morning.

And as far as slowing down because I hit some imaginary number?

Not a chance.

I'm nowhere near done.

I hope this inspires you if there’s something you want to do and keep putting off.. I put 3 videos you may be interested in down below if you missed them.  Also, some great stuff from Primal Nutrition!

Stay healthy,
Victor
Primal Nutrition / Southern Keto

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