On Monday in therapy.
When was the last time you changed your mind about something?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
Taste & recommendation
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
The exact question was part of every retrieved Vox 9 Questions installment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.
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View all 28 →I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
July 2018, when I married my third husband, Roger, after two years of proclaiming that marriage at 76 was stupid.
My mind is changing about being a mum. I got a dog and the way I feel about it is a lot, and I realise maybe I would want to be a mum.
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Working at a petrol station.
Three days ago. I don’t even know why. Sometimes I just feel emotional about how vulnerable humans are.
Not trying something I really want to do.
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.
My late 20s, writing my third record.
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