Hello Lucy, in 1994 at the age of 44 I was recently divorced, redundant from my job in the mining industry and without much of a support network or family, living in North Queensland. I signed up for a four year behavioural science degree. I was the oldest undergrad in the faculty. It was a scary time during which I had to reinvent my life and identity. It was a transformative period of growth and learning and in a very real sense my life began anew. Meeting new challenges and taking risks has always paid handsome dividends and I've been blessed with opportunities to work in some very interesting places and meet a lot of wonderful people. I'm 74 this year and the adventure continues. Sometimes we just need to get out of our comfort zone. A comment I see echoed below. Good luck.
Loved reading this Lucy; I’ve been doing this in lots of small ways in recent months - I do get quite high from meeting new people and trying new things, but it never stops being scary in the lead up! Think I tend to get close to the moment of approach and kind of dissociate to get myself into the doing and then I've never regretted it - even if the learning is just about not doing that thing again 😂 Just about to get our swing dancing tickets 😎
I really enjoyed reading this Lucy, love your honesty! I think a good approach is to think about all the things you have already tried and know you definitely don't want to do. Also, when you try new things don't spend too much time on them if you don't like them; move on sooner than later!
Beautiful Lucy! Pushing through your comfort zone creating new actions creating new possibilities. Whom know where it will lead! I’m feeling the sparkle 👍
Loved reading this on this sunny morning Lucy, thank you. The mind set of trying new things is something I’ve been exploring recently, and a couple of weeks ago I took part in an ultra marathon! I was so worried about being last that I almost didn’t turn up (even though I had done all of the hard work - the training). But I did turn up, and I’m so glad I did it was the best day!! I was surprised by how diverse the participants were, much more so than at road races, and lots of women including older women. Such a great atmosphere. Anyway, excited to see what you pick up doing next!
Hello Lucy, in 1994 at the age of 44 I was recently divorced, redundant from my job in the mining industry and without much of a support network or family, living in North Queensland. I signed up for a four year behavioural science degree. I was the oldest undergrad in the faculty. It was a scary time during which I had to reinvent my life and identity. It was a transformative period of growth and learning and in a very real sense my life began anew. Meeting new challenges and taking risks has always paid handsome dividends and I've been blessed with opportunities to work in some very interesting places and meet a lot of wonderful people. I'm 74 this year and the adventure continues. Sometimes we just need to get out of our comfort zone. A comment I see echoed below. Good luck.
Loved reading this Lucy; I’ve been doing this in lots of small ways in recent months - I do get quite high from meeting new people and trying new things, but it never stops being scary in the lead up! Think I tend to get close to the moment of approach and kind of dissociate to get myself into the doing and then I've never regretted it - even if the learning is just about not doing that thing again 😂 Just about to get our swing dancing tickets 😎
I really enjoyed reading this Lucy, love your honesty! I think a good approach is to think about all the things you have already tried and know you definitely don't want to do. Also, when you try new things don't spend too much time on them if you don't like them; move on sooner than later!
Beautiful Lucy! Pushing through your comfort zone creating new actions creating new possibilities. Whom know where it will lead! I’m feeling the sparkle 👍
Loved reading this on this sunny morning Lucy, thank you. The mind set of trying new things is something I’ve been exploring recently, and a couple of weeks ago I took part in an ultra marathon! I was so worried about being last that I almost didn’t turn up (even though I had done all of the hard work - the training). But I did turn up, and I’m so glad I did it was the best day!! I was surprised by how diverse the participants were, much more so than at road races, and lots of women including older women. Such a great atmosphere. Anyway, excited to see what you pick up doing next!