Power Writing with a Memory List

What makes your memories valuable is that you have no competition.

If you are ever at a loss for what to write, consider creating a memory list as a useful resource.

It’s a list you create with a brief sentence, a phrase, or just a word that signifies a memory from your life.

If you’re like me, you have hundreds of memories from your childhood up to now. Each is significant in that it triggers your recollection of that moment, person, place, time, or a turning point in your life.

Your list might include funny, happy, painful, and embarrassing memories.

Let me give you an example from my list, which includes hundreds of memories.

I created a master list that I can add to any time I think of a new memory. In addition to memories, you can include topics that particularly intrigue you in a separate list.

Here’s a random excerpt from my multiple-page list:

- A cab ride in Jamaica with a strange, silent driver

- Calling the Justice of the Peace from a phone booth

- My first embarrassing ATM experience

- Summer Camp misery