Dont let age stop you

I have to write this on my phone, as, well, I accidently "baptized" my computer, and it wasnt happy about it, so it quit working. Blogging on my phone is super annoying, but, I feel this post is worth it.

Last night I had a rare opportunity to talk to a guy from the AASP. Who?  The american association of sports psychology. My voice rose at least two octives after the termination of that call last night, because Im that excited and giddy about my potential future as a sports psychologist.

The thing is, Ive been drifting kind of aimlessly for about five years now, trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. And a lot of the options i had considered had a definite shelf life, and limitations like you cant apply after your mid thirties.

Im now 32, and I figured out, those jobs werent what i really want to do any way. So, ive been racking my brain the past few years, going through all my interests and trying to pick something, because i dont want to keep doing what im doing.

Finally, I found something i liked enough to start back to school. Coynseling, and psychology. It seems a good fit, but I still kept feeling like something was missing from the formula, something was short of what I needed to be doing.

Then the Olympics happened and everything clicked into place. I kept hearing about lolo jones, and all my favorite curlers using sports psychologists. Sports psychologist? That sounds amazing! But what do they do exactly, and how do you become one?

I did a lot of internet research, which lead me to the AASP, and resulted in my phone conversation, a clearer acedimic direction, much excitement, and my favorite moment of the night.

See, due to the amout and years of school i need to do this, the previously mentioned age limited jobs i looked into, and probably from being a figure skater, which although there are opportunities to your seventies if you'd like, often has an end at twenty or or thirty kind of attitude (this i believe is changing, but very slowly).

When I first emailled the AASP, I let those old Age fears scare me a bit, and it came out in my writing. But in the past month or so, as i learned more about sports psychology, i decided I didnt care and I.d go for it any way.

But, It was a perfectly, in my opinion, sports psychologist thing that my friend said to me last night that made me giddy. "Don't let age stop you, if this is what you really want to do, go for it" and then he reassured me that im not that old, and its not a big deal.
What does a sports psychologist do? Well from what I can tell, that is a major part of it right there, help people gain the mental focus, edge and confidence to go for seemingly impopossible dreams in sports, or to overcome injury and mental obsticals to perform at their best level.

I am super excited for the direction my life is currently headed. For once, this feels like something I was born to do, and the universe is working for my benefit to make amazing things happen, so I can do what Im best at and help others make amazing things happen.

Im so stinkin excited! So much to do to make it happen, but it doesnt feel like a mountain to climb, it feels like wind beneath my wings, and im gonna soar.

Im no longer waiting, or trying to figure out what to do. What to do found me, when i was ready to go for it, and now im in turbo mode.