Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?
Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.
As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more?
With young people, there's often that carelessness, allowing yourself to get into danger - recklessness, I suppose.
There's a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn't anticipate.
At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.
We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives.
You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'
When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.
I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.