‘Midlife is coming home to yourself again’

THIS WEEK’S COLUMNIST TV presenter Andrea McLean

- ZOE WEST

I've always felt that life is meant to be fully embraced, and I feel lucky to have had amazing opportunities to try different things — things that might never otherwise have come my way.

Since I was about 10, I've had a habit of zooming forward in time and picturing myself as an older woman in a rocking chair, looking back at my life. I ask myself, will I wish I'd done that? If yes, I say yes now. If an ‘absolutely not’, I leave it. It has guided many decisions.

That's why I took part in