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A New Start After 60: I Embarked on a Colourful, Glamorous, Life-Changing New Career at 72
Isabel Walker has worked as a journalist, writer and co-founded her own charity, but a chance encounter led to her fourth career, in colour analysis – and she has no regrets
TL;DR
- Isabel Walker, aged 72, has started her fourth career in colour analysis.
- She was inspired to pursue this field after a colour analyst told her she was "born to do this".
- Walker previously worked as a journalist, co-founded the charity Action on Preeclampsia, and did communications skills training.
- She now specializes in colour analysis for post-menopausal women and mother-daughter sessions in Watford, Hertfordshire.
- Discovering her own 'autumn' season led her to adopt softer colours and feel happier in her skin.
- Walker has a philosophy of not regretting decisions and embracing new opportunities.
- She finds her current work fulfilling, has significant energy, and does not wish to retire.
- Her approach to shopping is now intentional and sustainable, focusing on buying fewer, more versatile items.