E24. Interview! Jill Patterson Talks Being a Competitive Cyclist and Living Life Experimentally

Jill Patterson is a road and gravel cyclist who has been making a name for herself on the circuits the last few years. After a year's hiatus from races due to Covid, she's ready to maintain her dominance this year! We discuss how she got into competitive cycling at the relatively late age of 30 while living in Japan, how she never imagined she would grow up to be an athlete, and how she found the courage to make the decision to leave "normal" life behind and create a life for herself around her passion for the sport. Jill is a quintessential example of living life experimentally, and she talks about how she deals with anxiety over an uncertain future while living for the now. Like me, Jill is child free by choice, and you'll hear about why we both made that choice for ourselves and how it plays out in our lives. And of course we hit on creativity - Jill doesn't consider herself a creative, but I beg to differ. You'll see a different side to me in this interview - it's a fun one! The essays I mention at the end can be found here and here.Note: Sunday evening tarot podcast no longer available.