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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗
My younger self. I told myself so often that I was not good enough, that I was not smart enough, that I was not interesting enough, that I was boring and ugly. I wasn’t kind to my body, and I did and said things to myself that I would never do or say to a friend.
To my first real boyfriend, for being so mean to him. But really I was just being mean to myself.
To my brother, because I wish I’d been there for him more.
My kids, for the jokes. Some of them are pretty bad.
A Rose Wylie painting.
Greta Thunberg, for obvious reasons.
I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.
I would have started therapy earlier.
With smile lines.
Finding something that I love doing and getting paid for it.
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