Cathy Rigby: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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.

Recorded Cathy Rigby said elsewhere, not written here

Procrastination ... getting overwhelmed ... getting stuck.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

Jane Asher English actress and author

Minding not being liked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

I still say yes to too many things.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

Being giving to the detriment of myself.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

Judy Blume Novelist

My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2023 source ↗

Making a gourmet dinner with my husband, Tom, then just hanging out with our four children, their spouses, and our delightful grandchildren.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 August 2012 source ↗

To be more outgoing. I love being home, but sometimes I feel guilty that I like it too much.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2012 source ↗

Right now and when I was pregnant and when my children were very young.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

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