HeyJaredWrite Your Life Story for Posterity
A simple method enabling everyone to write their life story, one decade at a time.
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15-Week Challenge - Chapter 3: Your Third Decade (opens the original)
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For many, your third decade is a transition between post-high school activities — college, vocational school, military — and being on your own as an adult.You may have begun or completed college or vocational school. Or enlisted in, or left, military service. Or worked at a variety of jobs, or begun a career. You may have been single or you may have married and had a family.Decision anxiety is typical during the twenties for many.“You’re saying goodbye to one identity and starting to create the
15-Week Challenge - A Note about Chapter 2 (opens the original)
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Writing about your second decade — ages 10 through 19 — is among the most complicated because it begins in childhood and ends in adulthood.Each phase is a distinct segment.I am writing this brief note to reassure you that you can get through this chapter by taking it one step at a time. And to underscore that not every chapter guide is as complicated.The best way to stay on track is to substantially complete each decade by the time the next one rolls around.You have five days until the Chapter 3
15-Week Challenge — Chapter 2: Your Second Decade (opens the original)
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Welcome back to everyone embracing this opportunity to write your life story by Christmas, one decade at a time. It is the best possible use of your time over the next weeks. Visualize the pride of accomplishment you will feel in December when you have preserved the story of your life and you can say: I am an author!I Finished the First DecadeFor best results, at this point you should have substantially completed writing about your First Decade. If so, congratulations! You are well on your way.
The 15-Week Challenge -- Get Ready for Chapter 2 (opens the original)
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If you joined the 15-week challenge to write your life story by Christmas, you have two more days to finish up Chapter 1: Your First Decade, and to prepare to start Chapter 2.You can review the details and publishing schedule of the challenge in the first newsletter. Try to substantially complete Chapter 1 now. This will enable you to stay on schedule and meet the Christmas target. If you ha
15-Week Challenge -- More than Meets the Eye (opens the original)
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Three days ago I launched a 15-week challenge to write your life story by Christmas. Read it here.Yesterday, I published the first step in the process — a guide to writing about Your First Decade. Read it here.The key to writing your story by Christmas is to follow each guide.Ten more guides to go, one every 10 days. The Cha
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