An “elastic” sense of time (fancy way of saying I am late a lot).
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗
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.
An “elastic” sense of time (fancy way of saying I am late a lot).
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗
I can’t deal with any level of stress.
Absentmindedness.
The inclination to pretend I read a friend’s book when maybe I didn’t completely finish.
Punctuality (outside of work, of course).
Casual cruelty; the wearing of essential oils.
Unmade bed surrounded by books, writing utensils, and the dog; a plate of demolished toast with butter on my chest; loved ones puttering not too close but not too far.
My uncle, Edward Wood Dunham. He has Parkinson’s disease and faces every day with bravery, humor, and a gin-and-tonic.
To lose the ability to do my work.
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