I’m single and 36. Do I continue to focus on myself? Prioritise dating? Or resort to egg freezing? | Leading questions

Perhaps you should let go of making the ‘right’ decision, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith – all your options are worth celebrating

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As a single almost 36-year-old woman with a successful career, I feel like the pandemic has robbed me of two prime years of my dating life and has fast-tracked me to the red region of my biological clock. The pressure I feel to do something about this deadline is massive, but for the first time in my life, I have no idea how to make up my mind. Do I continue to focus on myself, or prioritise dating, or resort to egg freezing?

I have always assumed I wanted children. But after seeing every one of my close female friends struggle with their Covid babies in one way or another, I have major doubts. Although I have a full and varied post-lockdown social life, I have not met a man to share my life with.

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