The question
What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Compulsory headphones for phone users in public.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗
My children doing what they’re told.
Less admin, emails, phone calls; more space to think, read and sleep.
A few zeros on my bank balance.
A new pair of feet.
I lived in New York during 9/11 and worked a couple of blocks away from the twin towers. I was looking when the first tower exploded and then when the second plane flew in and, before we had to evacuate, I did see people jump to their death.
In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.
I’m at my happiest in the ocean, and even better if my husband is there throwing me around.
Three times when I lived in New York, I missed seeing David Bowie in real life by moments.
I think we become stars.
Too high an expectation of others and myself.
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