I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.

I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.

Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.

Vivametrica isn't the only company vying for control of the fitness data space. There is considerable power in becoming the default standard-setter for health metrics. Any company that becomes the go-to data analysis group for brands like Fitbit and Jawbone stands to make a lot of money.

Money, celebrity and power can be very intoxicating.