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
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
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Being able to cram the quality of eight hours’ sleep into four.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗
If war stopped.
A cure for endometriosis.
I have the invisibility of a middle-aged woman. I live in Brighton, and feel for the first time in my life that I belong. My kids are safe, my husband’s in a good place and we have a roof over our head: I can’t imagine needing more than that.
A garden of my own.
Loyal, relentless, goofy.
Double-glazing sales when I was about 16 – on the phone, cold calling. Horrendous.
The FA Cup final, watching Crystal Palace win.
Self-flagellation.
I was 17 and about to go on a first date with my first boyfriend. I was so desperate for my mum not to meet him that I was trying to get to the door before she did. I ran down the stairs as she opened it, and slid down the last five steps on my arse.
Not being a scratch golfer.
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