Change is cheaper early. Every year you wait, the price goes up.

Routines get more expensive the longer they run, because the life around them grows to fit. Something you could adjust in a week at seventeen has, by twenty-five, friends attached to it, a schedule built around it and a story you tell about yourself. Nothing ever becomes impossible. The bill just grows, and the reasons to wait get more persuasive.

If something is clearly not working, move while it is still small. This week, not after the season ends. Early changes feel unnecessary, which is exactly what makes them cheap.