Vic, my wife, has over the years reduced my impatience, but anybody who has been in a traffic jam with me will know that she hasn’t completed the task yet.
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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.
Procrastination ... getting overwhelmed ... getting stuck.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗
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View all 259 →I’m quite stubborn.
I can be pedantic at times.
I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
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View profile →To be more outgoing. I love being home, but sometimes I feel guilty that I like it too much.
Right now and when I was pregnant and when my children were very young.
Making a gourmet dinner with my husband, Tom, then just hanging out with our four children, their spouses, and our delightful grandchildren.
Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.
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