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The Proust Questionnaire Answered by Geetika Sethi

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1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?

My perfect idea of happiness is always at that moment. I believe that each moment in life is meant to be lived — enjoyed as it won’t come back. So make the most of it and live each day, as happily as you can as it comes.

2. What is your greatest fear?

My greatest fear is to lose my loved ones. They are my life and god forbid, due to any circumstances if we are apart, I fear my survival.

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

Diplomacy — this is one trait that is nowhere near to me. I am a very straight forward person and think and talk from my heart. I can say what I wish to those who I know without batting an eyelid…which maybe would put them in a state of awe.

4. Which living person do you most admire?

I admire myself the most along with my family only because we are one — the rarest kind to find.

5. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

I am a very giving person by nature. If anyone asks me for anything, even if I don’t need to I will give it and then I never ask back for it. So with this habit, I get being taken advantage of in many situations.

6. On what occasion do you lie?

I never lie, I detest liars and can't tolerate them. So as of now, I can't remember any occasion as such.

7. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

My favourite word — as per my family when they imitate me is using a lot of “like”, “ she said/he said” and yes not to forget — “Don’t try to play with snowballs in hell.”

8. What or who is the greatest love of your life?

My husband and my 3 children are the greatest love of my life.

9. When and where were you happiest?

I am a happy person by nature so always try to be very happy all the time.

10. Which talent would you most like to have?

I would love to have a genie magic talent so that with just the swindling of the magic wand I could change things.

11. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

As of now, the only thing that I wish to change about me is my weight which has unfortunately increased due to some imbalance in the body.

12. What do you consider your greatest achievement?

My 3 kids are my greatest achievement.

13. Where would you most like to live?

I would love to live anywhere like London or Dubai — means moving back there but along with my family. If not these places then my next choice is Monte-Carlo.

14. What do you most value in your friends?

I value their genuineness in our friendship.

15. Which historical figure do you most identify with?

I feel I am like the Indian fighter — Rani Lakshmi Bai, who people were scared off but she had her strength and made her mark.

16. Who are your heroes in real life?

I am my own Hero and believe in it. Only then can you look up to being better each day.

17. What is your greatest regret?

I don’t think back and stop to think of regrets simply because I believe that what was and is meant to happen, will happen.

18. What is your motto?

I'm Sugar and Spice and everything nice, but before you mess with me, you better think twice!

Thank you, Tree Langdon, for this brilliant exercise that has surely got our brains ticking. I hope you will enjoy my responses. And thanks dear Sumera Rizwan for tagging me in this today as it reminded me to attempt it. At this, sharing with you all the origin of this so that all those of you, who are there and have forgotten about it, can simply click on it below and try it too.

Geetika Sethi , October 2020