Curious, kind and frustrating – because I ask too many questions.
How would you describe yourself in three words?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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What happens when we die?
Death & what remains
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Hardworking, authentic and honest.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗
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View all 111 →Trying quite hard.
Nice, direct, loyal.
Driven, authentic, resilient.
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View profile →Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
My relationship with drugs.
Maybe in the 1990s, but I was so selfish at the time, I wouldn’t really have noticed what was going on.
Healthy body and a healthy mind – very simple.
I haven’t grown up.
I don’t know and I don’t really care – I’ll be dead.
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