MJ
My phone and social media.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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My daughter talking to her friends even though I thought I’d disabled her devices.
Martin Freeman
English actor
Thinking about all the worst possible things: losing people, dying, how am I going to die? All that sort of stuff. I stay awake thinking about furniture and shoes as well. It’s not all death.
The fact that I might wake up early.
Lleyton Hewitt
Australian professional tennis player
My wife cleaning.
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When people are disingenuous.
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My Birkin bags, which I plan to pass on to my future children.
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