identity

Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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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.

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Read by field Everyone Science and medicine 1 Arts and letters 77 Politics and public life 6 Business and finance 1 Sport 1
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Róisín Murphy
My problem with clothes. I’ve got an issue, haven’t I? I’m not a fella in a band who can turn up in his T-shirt and jeans. I’ve got the whole drama of what I’m going to wear: the hair, the makeup. All that preening and pruning that adds to the stress. I have begun to hate that perfectionist in me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2023 source ↗

PP Arnold
At this time in my life, I quite like myself but, for a large portion of my life, I deplored being shy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

Lemn Sissay
Believing in, even admiring, people who refuse to believe in me, and not believing people who do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 October 2023 source ↗

Katie Melua
I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Michelle Visage
My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2024 source ↗

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