The question
What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Offer kindness always.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗
When something is half price in a supermarket, always find out why.
That fear and excitement sometimes feel quite similar and you can misinterpret one for the other.
To not be afraid, to stand there and be strong and loving and honest.
Genuine love is given freely, not by force.
Mornings. Playing music, fresh coffee, dippy eggs and soldiers, my girlfriend – what’s not to love?
I was the PE technician at my old secondary school, so I had to pump up all the balls, wash all the kits and get the form notes in before morning registration every day.
I am genuinely buzzed about it! I think we just keep getting better, smarter, wiser, truer, happier.
Sounds cliched, but I always wanted to be an actor.
I overthink everything.
Learning to get back up.
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