Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.

I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom,

and insights from parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening,

and we hope this helps. We talked recently about what Dr. Becky always tells parents that it's

never too late. We've talked about Nell Painter's mother who became an author late in life,

and Nell Painter herself, who went back and was old in art school.

We talked about Bruce Springsteen's father, finally telling Bruce what he needed to hear.

We talked about other parents who got their act together late in life.

We should be inspired by these examples. We should be inspired by these

examples. We should be inspired to be this example for our kids. We should show them. It's never

too late. It's never too late to lose weight, to change, to find a new career, to quit a long-time

vice, to try something new, to invest in yourself, to repair or make amends. Certainly, we would never let them

believe it's too late for them. We would never tell our kids that it was hopeless for them, that

their best work was behind them, that they couldn't come back and win, that they couldn't earn back

trust, that they couldn't find love again. No, we'd tell them they have so much power over their

future. We might tell them that it would have been better to get started earlier, but we'd'd tell them they have so much power over their future. We might tell them that it would

have been better to get started earlier, but we'd also tell them that right now is the second

best time to get serious, to get working, to get moving, that it's never, ever too late.

And here on January 1st, when you may have already relapsed on some of your resolutions or already

been procrastinating on stuff you said you were going to do before the end of the year that

you were going to get started fresh and you're already falling behind. It's funny. I actually see

this with Daily Stoic every year, right? Starting in early December, every year, we start talking about the Daily Stoic New Year, New Year, New Year Challenge. You're probably even tired of hearing about it. But it's crazy. You know what day has the most signups for the challenge? It's January 1st and January 2nd after it's already started. So Daily Stoics customer service always spends like three or four days of the year filtering through all these emails from people are going, I know I'm late, but I'd love to do this. Can you still let me in? And so actually what we're doing, anticipating that this year in the spirit of it's never too late, is we're extending the signups for just a couple more hours. If you want to join us, if you want to kick 2024 off right, I'd love for you to do that with us. Show your kids that it's not too late, that you're not going to do it tomorrow, you're going to do it now. Not in the future. I'll do better and expect better and get my shit together. No, not next year. Do it now. Stop putting off yourself improvement. Let's make 2024 the best year yet. And let's do it together.

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