The biggest thing former athletes DON’T do before their sports career ends is one game-changing thing…

Prepare.

For tests, games, practice, travel, we prepared.

But no one talks about preparing for life after sports.

Then the whistle stops and reality hits all at once.
Money. Career. Food. Rent.
New friends. New environments.

There’s so much we’re not prepared for, and when it lands all at once,
we get shocked and start losing the parts of ourselves we were proud of.

This is not the time to accept what’s “normal.”
This is the time to use the opportunity in front of us and build something great.

A life worth living.

Prepare for being an UNJERSEYED athlete by mapping out what you want life to look like after sports:
what you want to create,
what you want to build,
and most importantly…

Who you want to be.

When you understand who you want to be,
you know what to do,
so you can have what you want.

Prepare for life after sports.
Prepare to be UNJERSEYED.

How to Prepare (run this now)

1) Define the person.
Write one sentence to a full page: Who am I becoming?
Not a job title, a standard.

2) Map the arenas.
List three: Money, Work/Skills, Relationships.
Under each, write one outcome you actually care about.

3) Name the next rep.
One action per arena you can do today.
Keep it small enough to repeat this week.

4) Protect a block.
Pick a time you can win most days.
Same place. Same cues. Show up anyway.

5) Build your room.
Text two people who get it.
Share today’s rep and ask for theirs.

6) Keep score where you can’t lie.
Pen marks only.
One line each day that proves you prepared.

If sport taught us anything, it’s this:
Preparation makes the pressure feel like home.

Prepare on purpose.
Build what matters.
Become who you said you would.

Master Your Next Season.

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