What she wishes she’d known at 30
‘That everything actually sorts itself out, although maybe not in the way you want it to. Things find their destination and you have very little control. They play themselves out and become what they were going to be anyway. I noticed this with my children when they were babies and they had that toy where a shape fits into the right hole. There’s the star and the circle and the square, you know? I’d sit with them and watch. It took ages and sometimes it was bloody boring, but eventually they’d get it. I think life’s a bit like that. Eventually things do work themselves out.’
On mellowing
‘I don’t try to control things or change outcomes as much as I used to.…
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Fairlady South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, Mar/Apr 2024