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Nothing. I fell asleep while I was getting a shave. When I woke up, the barber said, “No one has ever fallen asleep with a razor at their throat.” And I was like, “Bro, I have three boys under five – I sleep when I can.”
Anything and everything.
My dogs demanding my undivided attention.
Anything from the concept of human mortality to a faux pas I made at a party in 2005.
It was reading out loud, but no longer. (I am dyslexic.) I was encouraged by my husband to do a speech for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which helped me gain my confidence, and the fear disappeared.
Lack of empathy.
An English teacher said, “You’ll never make anything of yourself.”
Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.
I’m a bit of a hoarder.
I would be less naive.
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