My immediate answer to this was going to be ‘confidence’ but that is not entirely true.

I feel in many ways I am more confident and in other ways, not so much. For example, in my 20s and 30s, I was very fit. I had the toned, flat stomach and I enjoyed being able to move freely but I wasn’t confident in my looks. Nowadays, I long for that stomach! I’m certainly not confident in how I look but my attitude towards that has changed.

I think what really gets better with age is you care less about what other people think. Is that confidence or just a shift in perspective?

In my younger years, I would never have done a podcast or YouTube channel, yet here I am, in my 50s doing just that. I told myself when I started that nobody would listen or watch but that didn’t matter – I was doing it for me.

People are judgemental, whether they mean to be or not. Whether they recognise it in themselves or not. We all do it, to some extent and in the past, I have let that hold me back. Not anymore.

I now truly realise just how short a time we have here so if there is something you want to achieve, a goal or a dream you have long kept in the back of your mind – you just have to go for it. I realise that sounds like a cliche but what holds us back?

Is it time?

Or is it a fear of what others will think of us?

I realise, as I have gotten older, I am finally beginning to not care what others think. If I want to achieve something or try something new, I will and I won’t let other peoples’ judgements get in the way.

A quote by someone very clever (and my old brain has forgotten their name), said:

If you wouldn’t ask for their advice, why would you listen to their opinion?

I remind myself of that whenever I feel that doubt creeping in. If I don’t give it go now – then when? Even if I fail, and I do, often, at least I will have tried.

So what gets better with age?

Confidence? Maybe

Perspective? Certainly

Determination? Absolutely

Or do all of these combine to make one thing – attitude?