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.
Catastrophising.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗
Trying to do a million things at once.
Control freakery in the kitchen.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.
Snobbishness, superiority, condescension.
In the back of my mind I just assumed I’d be in a boyband at some point.
Everything’s temporary, and how to make aioli.
Like nothing’s a problem.
I’m not interested.
I think we’re definitely gone, but I do think people leave traces everywhere from what they did in life, and live on and continue to make an impact through the ripple effect of that.
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