The question
What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
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A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 February 2021 source ↗
Late one Sunday afternoon, my three-year-old granddaughter, out of the blue, took my hand and said she wanted to whisper something to me. Could we go for a ride around the block before we all sat down for dinner? Just the two of us? Holding hands as we walked to and from the car in the driveway: Bliss.
Good TV, good delivery, perfect AC. Literally doing nothing.
Unmade bed surrounded by books, writing utensils, and the dog; a plate of demolished toast with butter on my chest; loved ones puttering not too close but not too far.
Just a lazy day roaming New York with my daughters—La Esquina for lunch and Mister Softee for dessert.
In the hospital when my children were born.
To overcook that plate of fettuccine.
I’m a perfectionist; it’s boring.
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