The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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.
The tendency to withdraw into myself.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2009 source ↗
Impulsivity. We end up in strange places, like right now – I am in the Middle East.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
Comparing myself to other people.
My need to be liked.
That we won’t act fast enough to save the planet.
My inability to have a long-term intimate relationship.
Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.
Adele Parks, Danielle Steel, Sally Field, Scott Mills, Daphne Guinness, David Hasselhoff
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