You can move on from a “mistake” faster than anyone else.
This is another plus that can only come through experience. You’re way more resilient, which leaves you open to possibility – instead of being caught up in the “right” thing to do. “Ten years ago, I might have had 100 reasons not to join a swimming group, and the first 20 might have been fear of failure. Now I don’t burn time thinking about what I can’t do, I imagine what I can do next,” says Kate Pennell, a synchronized swimmer with the Brooklyn Peaches, in a 2016 interview at age 53.