Writing Your Life Story: Creating a Memoir Journal

Every person has a story. Every single person has his or her own unique personal story that is filled with trials and triumphs, ups and downs, and problems and solutions, all of which have shaped the individual's current beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. Quite often, we find that reaching back - particularly if the experiences weren't good - is a difficult thing to do, yet more and more it is being viewed by many as a healthy way to deal with one's issues. Memoir writing can also be a great way to reach back to remember good memories that makes us smile - something we haven't thought about in many years.

Here I'd like to offer a few suggestions to creating your own memoir journal. Now, whether you get your final writings published or not is up to you. My goal with this article is to offer you something to help guide you through three stages of your life in a 'homemade' journal, so hopefully you'll be able to remember things that will help you along the way.

Perhaps you're at a time in your life when you are starting to feel like there are some issues you need to work on and you'd like to find a healthy tool to help you. Or perhaps you're a writer who'd like to write a memoir of your life and you need some help with recalling certain pieces of information. No matter what your reason is for writing about your life, it all boils down to self-discovery - finding one's self.

First of all, you should use a special journal or 3-subject notebook for this venture. I will be offering three suggested sections to divide your journal or notebook into so you can touch on each of the three stages of your life at any time you feel like it. The following stages of life will be your sections in your journal or notebook - Childhood, Teen Years, and Adult Life. Very simple and to the point.

Be sure to divide your journal or notebook up equally using bookmarks or whatever method is best for you and title each section with the stages of life listed above. I used terms that can be viewed as broad, however, they sum up each stage of life we go through regardless of who we are and where we come from.