If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Björn Ulvaeus said elsewhere, not written here
My surname. You have no idea how many versions I’ve read and heard. It was especially irritating during my Abba years. You can imagine someone calling our hotel and saying: “I’d like to speak to one of the guys in Abba.” Who do you think the receptionist called, Andersson or Ulvaeus?

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗

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Joanne Froggatt English actress
I’d change my mindset and not be so hard on myself, and impart the knowledge that other people’s intentions aren’t always as well-meaning as my own.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗
Nicholson Baker Contemporary American novelist and writer
I made too much money in my 30s, and it distorted my writing and made me less hungry. Then, in my 40s, I spent all the money on daily life – and now I don’t have it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2020 source ↗

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