Too high an expectation of others and myself.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being a bit mean now and again, too impetuous, snappy, bit of a temper.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗
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View all 243 →Bad timekeeping.
Self-criticism.
I lose bank cards, I’m untidy, I get bored very quickly.
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View profile →If I was 40 again.
Working in an abattoir.
Not having come from a class that understands how the world works.
Needless aggression and bullying.
My first year of drama school: a sense of freedom, doing something I wanted to do and being with lovely people.
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