What is truly important is not usually even remotely time sensitive.

What have you decided is truly important?
Hold old were you when you made that/those decisions?
How often have you double-clicked on those decisions to ensure they are still reflecting your values and a meaningful work with a life that works?

It's not too late to notice and name what is truly important to YOU.
It's not too late to notice and name that the agendas, quotas, expectations of others have blurred into your list of 'truly important'.

Notice.
Name.
(Process. Sit with it. Be curious. Suspend judgement).
Choose what is truly important and choose values-based actions in alignment.

Lead yourself well.

Self-pity creeping in?

What is in the category of 'too late' for you?
Is it really?
Who and what influenced that definition, those thoughts or 'that way'?

Clear is kind, isn't it?

Perhaps we can also normalize that not all dreams come true, not all expected outcomes within expected outcomes are a current reality.

May we also normalize that almost all of life is dynamic. Indeed our bodies are a process, not merely an entity. May we also normalize that we have become attached to the structure, rather than the form.

Notice and name your narrative, and the attachment to its confines.

It is never too late to make a new friend, to have a courageous conversation or to lead yourself well.

You have my best.

Indecision creates stress.

A lack of clarity creates stress.

The awareness of a difficult decision that needs to be made creates stress.

And - not all stress is toxic stress.

Simply acknowledging that there is a difficult decision, considering the sliding scale of best possible outcomes and least desirable possible outcomes is good stress for your mind, body and brain.

Make the invisible visible so that clarity might shine light on this 'difficult decision'.

Lead yourself well.

Both /and.

How is it working for you?

Time to observe how to live your values in a meaningful way.
Time actualize the intentions.
Time to serve others in a way that honours your values and supports the change you want to influence.

Lead yourself well in the both/and.