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12 Questions That Unlock Your Life Story

These are the same prompts our ghostwriters use to start every memoir. Answer them here and we'll review your responses. Prefer using pen and paper? Download these questions as a printable PDF below.

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1

Your earliest home

Describe the house you grew up in. What did it smell like? What sounds do you remember? Where did you feel safest?

2

The person who shaped you most

Who had the biggest influence on who you became? What did they teach you - not in words, but by how they lived?

3

The moment everything changed

Every life has a turning point. What was yours? What were you doing the day before, and how was everything different the day after?

4

What you wish you'd said

Is there a conversation you never had? Something left unsaid to someone who mattered? What would you say now if you could?

5

A tradition worth preserving

What family tradition or ritual do you want your grandchildren to carry on? Why does it matter?

6

The hardest decision you made

What was the most difficult choice you ever faced? What did you decide, and what did it cost you?

7

Your happiest ordinary day

Not a wedding or a graduation - just a regular Tuesday that was, somehow, perfect. What made it so?

8

A letter to your younger self

If you could write a letter to yourself at 18, what would you say? What would you warn about? What would you promise?

9

How you met your partner

Tell the story of how you met the person you shared your life with. What did you notice first? When did you know?

10

The work that mattered most

Not necessarily your career - but the work you did that felt meaningful. What was it, and why did it matter to you?

11

A lesson learned too late

What do you know now that you wish you'd understood decades ago? How might things have been different?

12

What you want grandchildren to know

If your grandchildren could only know one thing about you - one story, one truth, one piece of wisdom - what would it be?

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