Jan 19, 2023
Have you ever thought that it was too late to achieve a goal? That being past 50 years old meant that certain things were out of your reach forever? This week on Pursue Your Spark, our guest, Dierdre Wolownick, tells us how we can truly achieve anything we put our mind to, even when we’re older than 70.
4 Steps To Achieve Any Goal, No Matter Your Age
Dierdre is an author, mother, professor, marathoner, and musician, speaks 8 languages, plays several instruments, and founded and conducted the West Sacramento Orchestra, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
She is also the oldest woman to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan, the iconic 3,200-foot granite wall in Yosemite National Park. She broke her record after scaling the rock face when she was 66 and for a second time on her 70th birthday. What a legend!
Despite what people think, life after 50 is still a life worth enjoying with fun and adventure. Dierdre shredded her fears and started climbing at 59! What is something you’ve been dreaming of doing but felt as if the time has passed? Whatever it is, take a page from Dierdre's book, and do it anyways by having the courage, journaling your dreams, getting rid of stifling beliefs, and doing the unexpected.
Eliminate any thought or belief that keeps you in the box you have put yourself in. Three of these fears mentioned in the podcast relate to time, uncertainty, and age. What if I don’t have enough time to pursue my spark after dealing with family duties? What if I am unsure about my dreams and desires or don’t even know what goals I’d like to achieve? What if I truly am too old?
Dierdre explains that you can always make time for what’s important if you want it badly enough. She also encourages us to recall what made us happy as a child and go back to explore that passion. In doing so, we should embrace aging, as it is a natural part of life, and make the time to keep being exhilarated by the child-like activities we did when we were young.
She has so much more advice to give us on this topic, but you should finish the podcast and then grab a copy of her book, The Sharp End of Life: A Mother’s Story.
As you heard here, you will learn how to “…make friends with fear in all its forms” and catapult into your brave future, where all of your “crazy” goals are met, regardless of your age.
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