The way I allow myself to talk to myself.
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What happens when we die?
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When was the last time you changed your mind about something?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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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 default will always be to go for the worst-case scenario and that is something that I am unlearning.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
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View all 243 →I don’t say that I’m perfect but there’s nothing that I deplore.
The tendency to withdraw into myself.
I overthink everything.
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View profile →Driven, authentic, resilient.
I would like to believe that you reunite with the people you love the most.
I almost pulled out of my first solo tour because of impostor syndrome.
As someone who cared boldly about people, stood firmly for what he believed in and lifted others when they needed help.
Absolutely nothing. It’s a privilege.
I’ll never amount to anything. Who? He was my rival at dance school. It hurt and is something that I’ve always had in the back of my head to defy.
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