The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗
An actor. I watched a lot of TV because we lived in the countryside and the weather was so bad.
What I am now, but with a better singing voice.
An adult, as quickly as possible. I wasn’t built for the psychological warfare of the playground.
In the Beatles.
I am in a public profession, so take your pick. It’s all embarrassing.
An understanding that kindness is the answer.
Self-loathing that rises to the level of deploring.
Letting down the people I love.
We are not here for long – try not to take everything too seriously.
Bicycle courier: it was literally dicing with death on a minute-to-minute basis for 12 hours a day. It was terrifying and exhausting.
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