The question
What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Getting rid of my phone.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗
Everyone cutting out social media for one day a week.
A quiet moment.
A 48-hour day and the wisdom not to fill it.
An in-house chef.
None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
Myself. I didn’t know how to protect myself adequately when I was younger, and I think I would have experienced my youth differently if I had.
Cheerful, sensitive, sassy.
As fun and of help to others.
A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.
Three days ago. I don’t even know why. Sometimes I just feel emotional about how vulnerable humans are.
Angela Griffin, Laura Mvula, Dan Stevens, Sandi Toksvig, Sue Perkins, Andrew O’Hagan
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