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Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.
Thinking I’ve upset somebody.
Wondering why I can’t sleep.
Inconsequential things like whether my basketball team, the Portland Trail Blazers, can get it together for the play-offs.
I’d like a manoeuvre called after me, in the way Heimlich has.
People laughing at me, which is terrible for someone who makes a living out of making people laugh.
The day I had to stop playing football five years ago. I realised I couldn’t hack it any more.
Lack of self-doubt.
I have become progressively happier as I’ve got older. It’s to do with not striving as much.
Sharper knives.
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