The question
What thought won't let you sleep?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.
It’s my snoring that keeps Loreto awake!
The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 March 2025 source ↗
My job. I want to get it right.
It used to be worrying about football results.
Sleep apnoea and tinnitus.
The climate catastrophe.
Resourceful, resilient and compassionate.
There are so many instances when I’ve come very close to death that it’s difficult to pick one.
Becoming more physically active.
The loss of Conrad.
I was a huge daydreamer and imagined myself as a successful general leading his troops into battle.
Everest the hard way in 1975: leading the expedition that succeeded where so many people had tried and failed. That was the most complex mountaineering challenge I ever faced. I spent hours at night in a little tent thinking about what the next problem would be and how to solve it.
Steffi Graf, Victoria Pendleton, Vinnie Jones, Adam Peaty, Harry Redknapp, Louis Smith
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