Marie Kondo: As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?

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.

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Marie Kondo

Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Housewife and mother of three, which I am now.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2022 source ↗

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Jim Kerr Scottish singer and songwriter

In the Beatles.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗

Natalie Imbruglia

A hairdresser through the week and a star on the weekends.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2026 source ↗

Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer

When I was seven I wanted to be a nun. When I was eight, I wanted to be a boy so that I could be anything I wanted. Also, of course, I wanted to be Samantha in Bewitched.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗

Riz Ahmed British actor and rapper

I wanted to perform in some way, but I didn’t think it was viable. Teachers told me I should be a barrister, because I was always arguing with them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 April 2021 source ↗