Autobiography Workshop

OK. So it’s weird but almost as soon as I finished the last post I knew that it was wrong. By wrong I mean that it felt a little forced.

It felt forced for a couple of reasons:

1. I don’t actually think that the high school play Bye Bye Birdie was a turning point for me.
2. I’m not sure that this is the direction I want to take the site.

Let me touch on each of these points.

First, I have had some pretty important turning points in my life. I mean life changing. Some of these were included in the previous post. I think I tried to hard, however. Maybe I thought that I should have more turning points. Maybe I just wanted more to write about.

Second, I thought that just braindumping my whole life onto paper (or the computer) would constitute an autobiography and would be fulfilling in itself. But just after a couple of stories, I’m beginning to think that I want some shape. I also need to reconsider my WHY of writing this darn thing.

I’m sure that I’ll want to write random stories:

Like the time I was going to let a trusted friend borrow Zelda for Nintendo. The trade was to take place at a service project. When we met at the designated place, he said that he couldn’t take it right away but that we should wrap it up and hide it in a place that only the two of us knew about. When we went to retrieve it later, surprise! it was gone.

Or the time,
My brother and I decided that sliding down a rope from our treehouse 10 feet up with only batting gloves protecting our hands would be a good idea. The rope burned right through the gloves.

Or the time,
We teepeed a couple of friends’ houses with more than 120 rolls of toilet papers.

There is so much richness in life. So many good stories. So many stories that should be told. Stupid stories. Funny stories. Life altering stories. Boring stories. Sad stories. Happy stories.

This site I am sure will evolve over time.

I hope to include, as I am here, hints about things that are working or not working for me. I also hope that people will include their own thoughts about what has worked in organizing their own life stories.