I’d swap out a few boyfriends.
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I would tell myself to stop being such a worrier.
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Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.
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My drinking habits.
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I sometimes wish I had had the courage to be a politician – but I made the decision to be a human rights defender instead. I realised I cannot be both at the same time, because they may be incompatible.
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Cruelty to animals or children.
Probably all of them because I am not big into English literature. I read a lot of self-improvement books.
I quite enjoyed all my retail jobs (I worked in H&M and Gap), but the worst times were the sale periods. The summer sales – awful.
Sensitive, kind, silly.
Thinking about all the children that are affected by all the wars that are going on right now.
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