FamilySearch is encouraging us to write about our personal history every week for the next 52 weeks.
Called the #52Stories Project, the initiative is about defining the dash between our date of birth and eventual date of death with stories about our life. FamilySearch says, “On nearly every headstone, no matter how plain or ornate, is carved one universal symbol. It’s a simple horizontal line—a dash—separating two significant dates.”
The #52Stories Project is divided into 12 themes, from Goals and Achievements to Education and School and Holidays and Traditions, providing 12 different questions for each theme for a total of 144 questions.
“The idea is to write one brief story about your life, past or present, every week this year. … At the end of the year, you’ll have 52 notches in your personal history dash. That’s 52 opportunities to capture the story of your life — 52 chances to shape your family’s intergenerational narrative.”
Some of the questions are: What was your childhood home like? What were your best subjects at school? Who was your best friend? What kind of things did you collect in your childhood bedroom? The full list of questions is here.
The FamilySearch blog post with the details is here.
Dear Gail,
Thanks for this post. While I write stories about my ancestors I can record little bits about myself.