12/08/2026
It's Not Too Late
A few weeks ago, I started reading David Goggins' books, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about his story.
If you don't know much about him, his starting point was far from easy.
He grew up experiencing abuse and poverty. He struggled at school, experienced racism, and by his early twenties, he was overweight, unhappy and working a job he hated.
Looking at his circumstances, it would have been very easy to believe:
*"This is just the hand I've been dealt."*
And honestly, I think this is where so many of us can get stuck.
We look at where we are now and all the things that led us here.
Our childhood.
Our relationships.
Our finances.
Our health.
The things other people did to us.
The opportunities we didn't have.
The choices we wish we'd made differently.
And slowly, our past starts becoming the explanation for our future.
What I love about Goggins' story isn't that he suddenly became some superhuman person who never struggled again.
It's that at some point, he decided that **his circumstances might explain where he was, but they didn't have to determine where he went next.**
He started changing his body.
He started challenging his mind.
He started doing incredibly difficult things.
And over time, he became almost unrecognisable from the person he'd once believed himself to be.
His story has reminded me of something I think we all need to hear sometimes:
**No one is holding us to the person we used to be except ourselves.**
You are allowed to change.
You are allowed to decide that the way you've been living isn't the way you want to keep living.
You are allowed to start taking care of your body after years of neglecting it.
You are allowed to start exercising when you've never considered yourself "fit."
You are allowed to change the way you eat.
To ask for help.
To create boundaries.
To rebuild your confidence.
To begin again at 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70.
And you don't have to wait until your circumstances are perfect to start.
There's an important distinction here that I think we sometimes miss:
**What happened to us may not have been our fault. But what we do with our life from here is our responsibility.**
I don't say that to create shame.
I actually think it's one of the most empowering ideas we can embrace.
Because if somebody else is responsible for changing our life, then our power remains with them.
But the moment we say:
*"This may not be my fault, but I am going to take responsibility for what happens next..."*
we take some of that power back.
And taking responsibility doesn't mean changing your entire life tomorrow.
Sometimes it's simply taking the walk.
Making the appointment.
Cooking the nourishing meal.
Going to bed earlier.
Doing the workout you've been putting off.
Having the difficult conversation.
Or finally taking that first tiny step toward the person you know you want to become.
You don't need to become David Goggins.
You don't need to run ultramarathons or push yourself to extremes.
**You just need to stop using yesterday as evidence for what you're capable of tomorrow.**
So this week, I'd love you to ask yourself:
**If I stopped allowing my past or my current circumstances to decide what's possible for me, what would I start doing differently today?**
Then choose one thing.
Not ten.
One.
And start there.
Because wherever you are right now is simply your starting point.
It doesn't have to be your ending.
With Care,
Rebekkah :)
