I have become progressively happier as I’ve got older. It’s to do with not striving as much.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2022 source ↗
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗
I have become progressively happier as I’ve got older. It’s to do with not striving as much.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2022 source ↗
Leaving the hospital.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2012 source ↗
Every time one of my kids was born and I knew that they were healthy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2016 source ↗
Before I was born.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2014 source ↗
I waited tables for one night at the turn of the century. They were being fussy about how I put the food on the plates, and I couldn’t have cared less.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗
Like the froth on top of a hot chocolate.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗
When I have a to-do list and finish it in the time I intended to.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗
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