The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗
A mortician – I worked in a funeral home when I was 14.
In 1975, I watched the film Stardust, and Adam Faith said, “I supply the birds, the pills and the pot.” And I thought, “I want that.”
For me, it was just a thrill. I just remember thinking at that time, this is the sort of thing I would like to do, if I could. I did not come from a family of scientists. My father was a lawyer, my older brother was a lawyer.
That rather assumes I have grown up.
We are not here for long – try not to take everything too seriously.
Letting down the people I love.
An understanding that kindness is the answer.
Not very concise.
Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.
I am in a public profession, so take your pick. It’s all embarrassing.
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