Proust Questionnaire: Joel's answers

On Wed, 10 Oct 18 05:07:03 UTC Joel answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Being away from my children.
Where would you like to live?: Right now, in Canada, in a modest home on the edge of a forest.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Sitting at the table with my family.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Dreams of retirement
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Montag, Yossarian, Watson, Skink
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Ben Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, Socrates, Cleopatra, Georgia O'Keefe
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: RBG, Rosa Parks
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Hermione, Bobby Draper, Meg Corbyn, Scout
Your favorite painter?: Based solely on his work, Gauguin
Your favorite musician?: Miles Davis
The quality you most admire in a man?: Loyalty
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Loyalty and perhaps near sightedness
Your favorite virtue?: Kindness
Your favorite occupation?: Helping
Who would you have liked to be?: Someone with richer grandparents, as long as they got to marry my wife
What are your favorite names?: Jake, Cole, Luke, Phoebe, Sam
What is it you most dislike?: Greed, self interest
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Wisdom in the moment
How would you like to die?: Well regarded with the security my children are cared for
What is your present state of mind?: Erascible
What is your motto?: don't assume you only have one problem

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