The question
What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
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Sleep apnoea and tinnitus.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗
Insomnia. I go to bed at 9.30pm and listen to Radio 4.
Worrying about my daughter, worrying about money.
The Middle East crisis.
As I get older, sleeping gets harder. I exercise, I do mindfulness, I take drugs occasionally.
The last few years. There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you really don’t care about stuff that used to bother you.
Persevering with a career that was predicted to last six months and still being here four decades later.
Can’t remember.
As the dark-haired bird from Bananarama.
I’ve apologised to my son, Thomas, for being absent for quite a lot of his first few years, but, as a working mother and breadwinner, I kind of had to be. I like to think I’ve made up for it.
Always flying: we’ve had flights where the engine’s been on fire; where we’ve nose-dived.
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