Write Your Life Book
A Life Book is basically a large, thick, sturdy notebook used to write your thoughts and opinions. It is not exactly a journal and does not have date labelled entries. It is just a book in which you write about things that happened to you or what you've been through. (not necessarily in chronological order).
Contents
Steps
- Find and purchase a sturdy, thick notebook with more than one hundred pages. It should be inspiring. A cover with only one colour and no patterns would be perfect as you can decorate it with photographs and drawings of yourself or your favourite things.
- Start by writing a few sentence starters like "My name is...", "I am...years...months old", "My birthday is on..." etc. You can also include starters about your un/favourite things to do such as "I like eating...", "My favourite film is..." and so on. Write at least 12 sentence starters. After you've finished add your personal information and pictures. Add descriptions if you like, so that it will be more interesting.
- On the next blank page write in big, bold bubble letters "MY OWN STORY". You can embellish it with doodles, zig-zags and colours.
- Do not necessarily start by talking about your birth - it is not supposed to be in a chronological order! Write about what seems more relevant such as if you're feeling particularly hungry that day you may write "I feel like eating a candy bar right this instant. Think about a chocolate twice my size. I can see myself licking it, gnawing it carefully...". Once you start your imagination will flow.
- When you finish your first writing session hide the journal so that you can return to it later. If you want it to be completely private, considering keeping your Life Book in a computer and password protecting it until it's finished. DO NOT purchase one of those diaries with locks as they break fairly easily.
- Before starting your new writing session leave a {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} gap in between the previous writing session. If you are feeling uninspired follow the same procedures as you did when you started.
- When your life book is finished, consider let people read certain parts. If you typed it, it is time to print and bind it. If you are writing in the computer than consider having it one hundred pages as that is a reasonable amount to tell the story of your life. If your story is typed you can change fonts and add images more easily. However, a notebook never looses it's beauty and charm.
Tips
- If you are a born artist and enjoy drawing pictures, then maybe you'd prefer having a completely blank notebook or a sketchbook for maybe pictures of your life.
- If you enjoy writing better consider buying a lined journal with enough pages for you to write at least once a week for an entire year. Think about the amount you are going to write. Some people write in their Life Book on a daily basis. Always think about the size of your handwriting size and pictures and film tickets.
- If you're a little bit of both then maybe you should purchase a double notebook which has one-lined page and one-blank page.
Warnings
- If anyone finds your life book and read what you wrote about them (being good or bad) be prepared to forgive or build up a friendship with the person.
