I worry a lot about how to juggle being a single parent and working – scheduling keeps me up at night!
What keeps you awake at night?
Question
Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
Question
What does love feel like?
Relationships
Question
What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
Question
What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Question
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Everything: I worry about whether the window frames need replacing, did I answer that email, how long my face is going to hold up, world peace, poverty…
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 198 →
Joely Richardson
British actress
Fear of the future.
Sleep apnoea and tinnitus.
The perimenopause.
More from Adjoa Andoh
View profile →My dad’s parents in Ghana, for not spending more time with them.
Like being three and dancing, giddy with joy.
Cleaning men’s toilets in the Swan hotel in the Cotswolds.
I don’t care if I’m not remembered.
A society that leans into sustainability and not growth.
More on daily life
- What single thing would improve the quality of your life? 208 answers
- What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love? 37 answers
- When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do? 26 answers
- In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to? 23 answers
- In the last five years, what new belief, behaviour, or habit has most improved your life? 21 answers
- What does the first sixty minutes of your day look like? 21 answers
Also answered this
Michael Ball, Edward Fox, Riz Ahmed, Peter Capaldi, Isabelle Huppert, Jack Whitehall
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All daily life questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject