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.
My kids, global boiling, everything.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2024 source ↗
All this nonsense in the Middle East. It's hard not to think about it.
Just crippling existential dread.
Nothing. If I’m worried or upset or tormented, I go to sleep quickly and easily, to find welcome oblivion.
The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.
I’ve heard it all: too fat, too short, no talent. Those are the things that cut me deep when I was younger, but now they drive me.
Love is understanding, authenticity and being able to be exactly who you are with no editing – and it’s a gift.
My children, because I spent the majority of their youth away from them as I’m the breadwinner and I had to pay the bills.
Madonna, she is a trailblazer. She changed the face of pop music for women. She did so much for the Aids movement, encouraging people to vote and the voices of LGBTQIA+ people. Fashion icon, music icon – she deserves all the credit.
Loyal, funny, driven.
By my kindness.
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