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Anything, because I’m a worrier. Also, if I’m working on a really exciting project, I can be awake like an excited child looking forward to going on holiday.
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Simon Bird
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Just crippling existential dread.
Louis Walsh
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The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.
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The light in my neighbours’ kitchen because they still haven’t put a blind up.
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