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30 questions to start your story
Not sure where to begin? Use these prompts at the dinner table, on a phone call with a grandparent, or to prepare for your consultation. Print the page and keep it handy.
Chapter One
Where It Began
- What is the earliest memory you can still picture clearly?
- Describe the house you grew up in. What did it smell like?
- What were your parents like when you were small?
- What games did you play, and who did you play them with?
- Is there a family story you heard over and over as a child?
- What did a typical Sunday look like in your home?
Chapter Two
Growing Up
- Who was your favorite teacher, and why?
- What music, songs or radio shows remind you of being young?
- What was your first job, and what did it pay?
- What is something you got in trouble for that still makes you laugh?
- Who was your best friend, and what did you do together?
- What did you dream of becoming?
Chapter Three
Love & Family
- How did you meet the love of your life?
- What do you remember about your wedding day, or the day you knew?
- What was it like to become a parent or grandparent?
- What family traditions do you most want to pass on?
- Which family recipe holds the most memories, and why?
- What is the best advice you ever received about love?
Chapter Four
Work & Purpose
- What work are you proudest of?
- Who believed in you before you believed in yourself?
- What was the hardest decision you ever had to make?
- Describe a moment when everything changed direction.
- What did you learn from a failure that you would not trade?
- What do you wish you had known at twenty-five?
Chapter Five
Wisdom to Pass Down
- What are you most grateful for?
- How would you like to be remembered?
- What would you tell your great-grandchildren if they could hear you today?
- What do you believe makes a good life?
- Which choices shaped the direction of your life the most?
- If your life were a book, what would you title it?
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