The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am a bit of a procrastinator.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗
Procrastination.
Impatience. I’m not very good at waiting around or dealing with things that aren’t moving at a pace that I want them to.
Cowardice. There are so many issues that I would like to express opinions about but I’m too scared to stick my head above the parapet because of the social media pile-on.
I bore myself constantly.
Persevering with a career that was predicted to last six months and still being here four decades later.
The last few years. There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you really don’t care about stuff that used to bother you.
Can’t remember.
Always flying: we’ve had flights where the engine’s been on fire; where we’ve nose-dived.
Sleep apnoea and tinnitus.
When a relationship I’ve been invested in stops working. And yet, here I am, happy as you like.
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