If war stopped.
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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If Dave and Robert came to dine.
A pause button. If I could be watching my kids enjoy something, and hit pause to make it last.
Less travelling for work, more travelling for adventure.
My kids doing what I say, when I say.
Being named head of the NSA.
To be more secure.
To have sex three times a week. But who’s counting?
An eighth day in the week – just for me, no one else.
The capacity to genuinely enjoy going to the gym.
A halter for global mega companies, and the return of community. Throw in an ironing board that does the ironing and a floor that self-cleans.
A small pair of ginger balls.
A miniature pet elephant, one that is no bigger than a guinea pig.
A fully functioning thyroid.
Everyone cutting out social media for one day a week.
Leeds United signing a decent striker.
Not accepting every dare.
A really careful lobotomy, to switch off bits of my brain.
The ability to walk in high heels.
My children doing what they’re told.
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