Day 68 - You’re Getting Younger

You’re Getting Younger (Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like It)

Most people think progress belongs to the young.

They assume momentum has an age limit.
That opportunity expires quietly somewhere between “not yet” and “too late.”

But real life doesn’t work that way.

Consider this:

One of the most iconic fast-food brands in the world didn’t begin with a young founder full of energy and optimism. It began with an older man who had already failed, already tried, already lived.

Another global brand didn’t explode because of a brilliant twenty-something. It grew because someone later in life saw something others had missed and stayed interested long enough to act on it.

No rush.
No perfect timing.
No illusion of being early.

Just time — and attention.

Why People Feel “Late”

People don’t usually feel late because they actually are.

They feel late because they compare themselves to stories that were never meant to be timelines.

Sixteen feels late when someone else looks ahead.
Twenty-two feels late when answers don’t arrive on schedule.
Thirty feels late when life doesn’t resemble the plan.
Thirty-five feels late when momentum hasn’t shown up yet.
Forty feels late when the word “settling” starts floating around.
Fifty feels late when time suddenly sounds louder.

But age doesn’t measure readiness.
It doesn’t measure clarity.
It doesn’t measure depth.

It only measures how long someone has been around.

What Actually Changes People

Over time, a different pattern shows up.

The people who change their lives don’t do it because they’re young.
They do it because they stay interested.

They keep reading.
They keep thinking.
They keep returning to the same questions — even when nothing seems to be happening.

Most people don’t fail because they waited too long.

They fail because they stop showing up for their own life.

They quietly decide the window closed, even though nobody ever told them it did.

The Truth About Time

Time doesn’t reward speed.

It rewards presence.

It rewards people who keep coming back to the work, the thinking, the curiosity — even during the quiet stretches where progress isn’t visible yet.

That’s why “late” isn’t a real thing.

If you’re alive, you’re early enough.

So Where Does That Leave You?

Wherever you are right now doesn’t need a label.

You don’t need to rush to explain it.
You don’t need to judge it.
You don’t need to turn it into a verdict.

Just stay with it a little longer.

Time notices that.

And when you stop racing it, something strange happens:

You don’t feel older.

You start feeling younger.