The question
If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.
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The years of self-doubt.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
I would have started therapy earlier.
I would have behaved better to my first wife, and the girl I lived with afterwards. I was always away.
I would be a bit nicer to myself.
Too many things to mention.
More time with my boys.
Empathetic, humble and strong.
Losing the people that I love.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
I worry about doing everything right with my kids.
An accounting is given of our lives. Did you give more than you’ve taken? Hurt more people than you’ve helped?
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