Choose to be Curious Ep. #315: Late Bloomer Living: Curiosity & Play, with Yvonne Marchese
Feb 19, 2026
Yvonne Marchese, host of Late Bloomer Living and self-described age agitator and play instigator, reimagines midlife as a playground. She talks about intentional play as practice, finding flow through creative work, curiosity as a daily habit, movement and ritual, community play gatherings, and reframing aging as continual growth.
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Be Intentional About Play
- Intentional play is a commitment similar to seriousness and requires deliberate practice.
- Yvonne Marchese reframes play as purposeful, saying she is being intentional about play and staying curious in her daily life.
Turn Chores Into Microgames
- Reframe tedious tasks by asking a playful, specific question to make them a game.
- Yvonne gives an example: challenge yourself to finish filing sales tax in 15 minutes to turn it into a game.
Morning Routine That Changed Everything
- A small morning experiment transformed Yvonne's life: she moved her alarm across the room and meditated an hour before her kids for 30 days.
- That routine exposed disabling thought loops and created agency, which she credits with opening her life wide open.
