Personal History

Journals are your personal history!

Every person has their own fascinating story to tell and even if you think you don't have anything interesting, just start writing and things will show up! I promise that there is at least one story for every single person that someone else will find intriguing to read!

I don't know if anyone else has this feeling, but as a college student, I meet random people all the time around campus and classes. Plus, I served a religious mission and met all sorts of interesting people. I'd only meet them for a few minutes or a few months, but when we part ways, I want to learn more about their background and stories. It bugs me to know that I won't maybe see those people again and not know their whole story. It's life giving me cliffhangers that I'll probably only find out about in the next life.

Now here are a few topics to trigger memories to start writing and answering in your journals if you are just starting:

• Where were you born?
• How did your parents name you?

  

  
  

  
  

• Did your parents name you?
• Were you named after someone and what's their relation to you?
• Favorite vacation place
• Courtship stories (marriage or dating)
• How did you meet your significant other?
• What was it like to be in that relationship?
• Do you have a family and if so, what's your family like?
• What was life like growing up?
• During school breaks, what did you do growing up?
• Did you have pets? What were they like?
• What was school life growing up?
• Who were your teachers and what were they like?
• Who are or were your friends and best friends?

For me, California holds a lot of personal history and memories. What's yours?