The question
What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
If people would just follow my rules about how they get around the city.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
Less phone use.
An extra day in the week when no one can contact you.
Two ears. I am deaf in my right ear and I’ve just developed musical tinnitus – it’s not an interesting tune and you don’t choose it. I had three weeks of Hare Krishna night and day. Then it changed to Rod Stewart’s Sailing.
Having more time to spend with Vic and the kids.
Hopefully we have life in the minds and hearts of the people we interacted with.
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
Being a parent.
Giving a speech in high school at a pep rally that wasn’t going so well and the dean unplugged the mic. Apparently, I was rambling and the spirit of the cafeteria was being weighed down.
Yesterday because I was being paid to do it on stage.
An education for my child.
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