Age 32: To put others first before myself.Age 32: Do right by God, Maddy, Laarni.Age 23: Empower others through humility and respect.Age 24: My life’s purpose is someone else.Age 25: To please God Party real hard.Age 70: You can’t preach to holy people.Age 25: Praising the Lord while eating food.Age 17: Promote positivity and change other lives.Age 47: My mindset doesn’t depend on others!.Age 22: Be happy and make myself better.The Big Question: What is your life’s purpose/mission/motto in 6 words? For everyone else, the question remained the same, but the difference was phenomenal. For the little ones (nine years old and younger), I asked them what they liked and what they wanted to be when they grew up. I urge you to pay attention to the ages next to the responses. The responses are broken up by categories, and each memoir is identified by age rather than by name. Over sixty responses later, and here I am: with a variety of ages and memoirs that all reflect each person in a beautiful and fitting way. It’s dedicated to living life on purpose. I was intrigued by what mattered enough to spend a word on, and how each person chose to define their purpose in life.Īnd that’s all this piece is dedicated to: life, love, purpose, and living. I was enamored by the plethora of responses I received by the thought and emotion behind each word chosen, each purpose given. I then asked my coworkers, and the assignment took off from there. My question was: In 6 words, what is your life’s purpose/mission/motto? His response was beautiful and fitting as well. Recently, I was reminded of this assignment again, and decided to ask my dad. I took her assignment to heart and crafted with a 6-Word Memoir that hasn’t changed in the 3 years that have passed: “Loving radically, starting first with myself.” Somehow, it has remained as fitting for me as the day I scribbled it on the paper for class.
#6 word memoir how to#
I walked out of class with the assignment still running through my mind-completely unsure of how to start.īut I did it. Nevertheless, I was struck by my professor’s challenge. How in the world could I say everything I want to say in 6 WORDS? SIX WORDS! Instinctively, I was flustered by my professor’s request. Three years ago, in a creative writing class, I was given a writing assignment that has since stayed with me: Go home and write a memoir in 6 words no more, no less.
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