The Proust Questionnaire Answered by Karen Madej

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st overuse?</b> Adore. Fabulous. I. Lovely.</li><li><b>What or who is the greatest love of your life?</b> An easy question. My son. He can do no wrong in my eyes.</li><li><b>When and where were you happiest?</b> After my son being born and surviving in Oxford, Barcelona with my best friend, Anna. Walking, talking, exploring La Familia Segrada inside, photographing the light coming through the stained glass windows and marvelling at the bones of the structure. Eating exquisite tapas and drinking sublime wine.</li><li><b>Which talent would you most like to have?</b> Learning languages other than English. I had to accept that my propensity to pronounce most foreign words incorrectly was an insurmountable issue. One from which I had to walk away.</li><li><b>If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?</b> To deal with people who attack me verbally or in writing rather than turning my back on them and walking away. Drama is over-rated unless it’s a BBC drama because it is the best drama in the world.</li><li><b>What do you consider your greatest achievement?</b> Realising two intrinsic needs. To have a child and making a living as a freelance writer.</li><li><b>Where would you most like to live?</b> Portugal in winter, Scotland in summer. Spain in spring. France in autumn. With the exception of Scotland to be near my son, the other countries are subject to change.</li><li><b>What do you most value in your friends?</b> Their loyalty, trust, and generosity. Loving what I love.</li><li><b>Which historical figure do you most identify with? </b>I had to do a quiz on Buzzfeed to get an answer to this question. <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/katangus/which-famous-historical-figure-were-you-in-a-past?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bfsharecopy#120592951">Murasaki Shikibu</a> I’d never heard of her before. Also Cleopatra, and Shuri from Avengers Infinity War (okay not exactly historical, but good to know). This is the most fun question in this questionnaire.</li><li><b>Who are your heroes in real life?</b> My son, my dad, my friends. Scott Santens and Andrew Yang relentlessly fighti

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ng for a Universal Basic Income. Nicola Sturgeon for wanting what I want most, Scottish Independence and a return to the EU.</li><li><b>What is your greatest regret?</b> Failing to recognise my step mum’s alcohol dependency and preventing her from drinking herself to death.</li><li><b>What is your motto? </b>If you can’t be kind, walk away.</li></ol><p id="e6db">Thanks to <a href="undefined">Tree Langdon</a> and <a href="undefined">Dr Mehmet Yildiz</a> for making me do this cathartic challenge.</p><p id="e872">Here are their Proust Questionnaires.</p><div id="b7aa" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-proust-questionnaire-answered-by-tree-langdon-cpa-cga-2d5de54628d1"> <div> <div> <h2>The Proust Questionnaire Answered by Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA</h2> <div><h3>Join the Conversation</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*3SULZdUvC9pOBMzrArZfNQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="60e2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/couldnt-resist-more-i-finally-took-the-plunge-6a34670e8c1d"> <div> <div> <h2>Couldn’t Resist More; I Finally Took The Plunge</h2> <div><h3>And answered a writing challenge called “The Proust Questionnaire”</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ZkZ2T__goqNanDodmHUukA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="80bf"><i>Karen Madej is a freelance writer. She writes for NewsBreak, Medium, and Vocal. Her weekly editorial reviews of new writers and star read for ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION’S-MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book Chapters and Technology Hits are regularly chosen for further distribution.</i></p></article></body>

The Proust Questionnaire Answered by Karen Madej

La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona 2019. Image Author’s Own

I loathe talking about my deepest darkest thoughts and I react with hostility when pushed too far. My sister told me I never tell her anything about myself. Nobody will ever know everything about me. Does anyone really know all there is to know about someone?

Thoughts that find their way out of the recesses of my mind will in the future— and have been in the past— recorded in various notebooks. These notebook thoughts will never see the light of day while I am alive.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? The sun rising, the air warming me sitting on a balcony in Porto, Portugal. A mug of my favourite ground coffee, my laptop, and writing about what I learned through my life.

What is your greatest fear? This is very difficult to answer. Failing. To achieve change in the world with my words. To find my niche. To find the love of my life, the one I want to grow old with.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Overreacting to things I get wrong by beating myself up. Sometimes verbally, sometimes physically. I guess a born perfectionist can never really escape the desire to be perfect.

Which living person do you most admire? Elon Musk. His attitude towards saving the planet with sustainability projects makes him top of my list.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Excellence. The 80/20 Rule of Time Management is good enough for me. I don’t have time to waste on perfection.

On what occasion do you lie? Mostly to myself. To others when I like them and don’t want to hurt their feelings and when I do.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Adore. Fabulous. I. Lovely.

What or who is the greatest love of your life? An easy question. My son. He can do no wrong in my eyes.

When and where were you happiest? After my son being born and surviving in Oxford, Barcelona with my best friend, Anna. Walking, talking, exploring La Familia Segrada inside, photographing the light coming through the stained glass windows and marvelling at the bones of the structure. Eating exquisite tapas and drinking sublime wine.

Which talent would you most like to have? Learning languages other than English. I had to accept that my propensity to pronounce most foreign words incorrectly was an insurmountable issue. One from which I had to walk away.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? To deal with people who attack me verbally or in writing rather than turning my back on them and walking away. Drama is over-rated unless it’s a BBC drama because it is the best drama in the world.

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Realising two intrinsic needs. To have a child and making a living as a freelance writer.

Where would you most like to live? Portugal in winter, Scotland in summer. Spain in spring. France in autumn. With the exception of Scotland to be near my son, the other countries are subject to change.

What do you most value in your friends? Their loyalty, trust, and generosity. Loving what I love.

Which historical figure do you most identify with? I had to do a quiz on Buzzfeed to get an answer to this question. Murasaki Shikibu I’d never heard of her before. Also Cleopatra, and Shuri from Avengers Infinity War (okay not exactly historical, but good to know). This is the most fun question in this questionnaire.

Who are your heroes in real life? My son, my dad, my friends. Scott Santens and Andrew Yang relentlessly fighting for a Universal Basic Income. Nicola Sturgeon for wanting what I want most, Scottish Independence and a return to the EU.

What is your greatest regret? Failing to recognise my step mum’s alcohol dependency and preventing her from drinking herself to death.

What is your motto? If you can’t be kind, walk away.

Thanks to Tree Langdon and Dr Mehmet Yildiz for making me do this cathartic challenge.

Here are their Proust Questionnaires.

Karen Madej is a freelance writer. She writes for NewsBreak, Medium, and Vocal. Her weekly editorial reviews of new writers and star read for ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION’S-MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book Chapters and Technology Hits are regularly chosen for further distribution.