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Avoidance coping.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2024 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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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.
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Others on this question
View all 239 →I’m argumentative.
Thinking that I’m right when I’m wrong. But not only that – being able to convince other people I’m right and then finding out I’m wrong.
Impatience and being bossy.
Maxi-multitasking.
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View profile →Rapping the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme on national television.
I didn’t email my grandfather enough before he passed away.
If emergency train announcements were written up on the information screen. The times I ended up at the wrong destination could easily have been avoided.
My dad’s family, for fake drowning when I was 12 on holiday in France – it caused such embarrassment that we had to leave. All because I wanted to get the inflatable ring off my brother. It still haunts me. I guess acting was always going to be my future.
You have to ride the wave and never wait for it to be calm, because it never will be.
“I’ll tell you later.” They never do.
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