Intermittent laziness.
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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.
My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2024 source ↗
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Fear and all of its consequences.
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The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
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Loyal, funny, driven.
By my kindness.
I don’t get embarrassed.
I’ve heard it all: too fat, too short, no talent. Those are the things that cut me deep when I was younger, but now they drive me.
Do not take life too seriously, this is all a sham.
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