As a 50 something woman I sometimes reflect on the commonly held belief that it’s a good thing to ‘age gracefully’. It’s not that I want to rebel completely and live out my wildest dreams in an altogether disgraceful and socially unacceptable fashion, but I don’t want to be slotted into the neat pigeonhole, which according to one dictionary definition would be ageing in ‘a polite and pleasant way’ or ‘in a respectful and dignified way’… that hat just doesn’t fit!