How are you with with making decisions, not knowing how they’re going to end up? Often, acting from passion of conviction takes us into the unknown. We take actions blind, not knowing whether they’ll have impact or even if they’ll feel good. And yet these actions can take us down avenues we’d never have dreamed [...]
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What’s the difference between following our passion at 29… and 59? What does ‘respecting our elders’ mean for us today? Meet Pippa. She’s 59 next month and while many women nearing 60 may have settled into a comfortable rut, heading for retirement, she’s out there looking for ways to make a difference. A freelance writer [...] I know fear well. Symptoms: Sinking stomach, clammy palms, pounding heart, shaking all over. Sometimes it’s mild – ‘nerves’ let’s call it; other times it feels like sheer terror. When I scan my life for experiences of this feeling, I can quickly find dozens: bungy jumping, telling my friend I had feelings for her, the [...] A few weeks ago, I found myself crossing the River Thames and entering a working boatyard on Eel Pie Island, a renowned creative and cultural quarter in London. Here, for two whole days, I had full run of an artist’s studio. I had sheets of metal and a hammer, paint brushes, a huge slab of [...] It’s not often I criticise but for the sake of doing things differently, I want to share an experience which shook me this weekend. I went to a talk by a highly articulate, charming and entertaining speaker. The topic was exactly my field of interest, his words were beautiful and I made copious notes. His [...] |
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