I think it's the strange irony that we make all these life choices before we're 40, because really we shouldn't make any until we're 40. It almost feels like you get a software upgrade and you start to experience life in such a different way, because you just don't suffer fools, you go straight for what means something and what feels good, and you stop caring about pleasing other people.

Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me.

I know people that I respect and admire and look up to who have had extra-marital affairs.

My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.

I look for people who have a slightly different perspective and are trying to move the needle a little bit and push boundaries.

I try to do one thing at a time to utilise my time well.

My father was really good at having me stand on my own two feet, both financially and philosophically. His whole parenting philosophy was to give my brother and me the skills to be grown-ups and the curiosity to ask the right questions.