I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗
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I am a massive people-pleaser and it brings me nothing but trouble.
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Forty-eight hours after giving birth, I sent a picture that someone had sent me of their baby to a WhatsApp group, thinking it was my son (they kind of looked similar). Mortifying.
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Living a fairytale.
Knowing everyone I love is always going to be healthy.
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