1 day, it all just stops.

Remember the sport or activity you did in high school. Remember when you would get out of school and go over to practice every day.

Maybe you were the soccer player, cheerleader, 1st chair in the band, or lead role in the school play.

How happy you were when you scored the goal, nailed the cheer, or took your final bow at the band performance or musical. Your parents, friends, and school cheering you on in the crowd.

Then you graduate, and for a lot of us, it all just stops.

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According to the NCAA’s 2022-2023 report, less than 7% of high school athletes had a probability of competing at the college level. Less than 1% of those that did play at the college level go to the professional level.

That leaves 99% of people not continuing with their sport and likely wandering to find something to replace that void.

The stats make it not surprising that people graduate from college, get a job, and then say, “now what?”

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What if we could have an adult version of our high school sport or activity?

Something that contributes to our purpose, happiness, and identity.
Allows you to be someone outside of work and put your energy towards something other than work.
Something that makes work more tolerable, and you possibly better at it.

I refer to having our adult sport or activity as having a Yellow —

Yellow: a hobby or project that brings you joy outside of work.

Your Yellow could be:

Writing
Yoga
Dance
Podcasting
Soccer league

I hope you can find Yellow that gives you that similar feeling to when you were playing your sport.

That sense of purpose, happiness, identity, joy, growth, and/or connection.

Because we all deserve to be fulfilled at every stage in our life.