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Monday 4 August 2025

What would you say to yourself if you were a friend?

Try writing it in the second person. It changes what comes out. — asked by Jonah

TallisEly, UK

Asked for what I needed as a request rather than a hint. It worked, which was annoying.

7

BelCroydon, UK

I forgave myself for the three-day delay on the injection, eventually, at about the fourth attempt.

6

PetuaKampala, UG

Rang my mother because I wanted to, not because I ought to.

5

TinukeManchester, UK

I am proud of something that has nothing to do with any of this, and I am going to leave it at that.

8

AikoOsaka, JP

Asked for what I needed as a request rather than a hint. It worked, which was annoying.

6

NyreeChristchurch, NZ

Rang my mother because I wanted to, not because I ought to.

5

Nyla You are allowed to notice how far you have come.

IslaOban, UK

Rang my mother because I wanted to, not because I ought to.

5

ZoëHackney, UK

I did not weigh in on an argument on the internet. Twice.

4

Blue That is the third time this month somebody has described exactly that.

BronteHaworth, UK

I would tell a friend to go to bed. So I am going to bed.

4

TaviaPalermo, IT

I said the true answer when somebody asked how I was, and they handled it fine.

6

Ondine Please do ring in the morning. Not to alarm you — just, ring.

GrizelKirkcaldy, UK

What I would say to a friend: this is hard and you are doing it anyway. What I say to myself is considerably worse.

5

FreyaReykjavík, IS

I did not weigh in on an argument on the internet. Twice.

6

BrunoMilan, IT

Left the washing up until morning. Revolutionary.

6

LeniLeipzig, DE

A bath, a bad film, and nobody asking me anything.

6

TeganNewport, UK

Said the thing I was frightened of saying and was met well.

9

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