Insecurity around money. I have this profound insecurity about not having enough to provide for my family.
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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.
Catastrophising.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗
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Absentmindedness.
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I think we’re definitely gone, but I do think people leave traces everywhere from what they did in life, and live on and continue to make an impact through the ripple effect of that.
Pigeons. One got stuck in my flat once for quite a long time and it really changed how I feel about them.
People singing in the street.
I’m not interested.
In the back of my mind I just assumed I’d be in a boyband at some point.
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