This post was originally published on June 14, 2011. If you haven’t done this challenge yet, now is a good time to do it! If you’ve already done it, see if it needs some updating!
P.S. This is our last re-challenge! Next week we will start on some brand spanking new challenges two times a month, plus I have many Fast Fact Fridays planned to help you record your life story before Christmas! That will be every Friday starting next week! Awesome!!! Now, on to the re-challenge!
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No, this isn’t a fairy tale challenge! But close…enough.
This week’s challenge: Make a timeline of your life!
This does sound hard, but in fact, it is quite easy! Think of the most important dates of your life and just put them in order! I recommend starting with the dates you know in your head already (even if it’s just a year): birth date, HS/college graduation, wedding, children, etc. Start with the big things—the things that really have made an impact on your life! Next, fill in with the smaller things: moving, jobs, religious ordinances, etc. Obviously, the older you are, the more you will have to fill in!
You can type this in a document, make a scrapbook page of it, scan some pictures and turn them into a slideshow with music and dates on them, write it in a blog, or whatever else you can think of to do!
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What I did: I opened up a new Word document and did my timeline vertically as opposed to horizontally in the picture (which I just totally made up for the sake of having something visual on this post). I started with the dates that I knew by heart, even if it was just the month and year. Then I filled in the smaller things that I thought might be important. I saved it in my “This is Me Challenges” folder. I wanted to do it this way, because I can add to it as I go. (Hopefully that will be a long time!)
I am not posting a picture of what I really did, due to the sensitive, personal nature of it. (And I recommend that you don’t publish it on your public blog if that’s how you’re completing your challenges.) Here is a basic look at what mine looks like:
(Date): Born in (City, State)
(Date): Moved from (address to address)
(Date): Started High School
(Date): Graduated from ________High School
(Date): Graduated from _______ University
(Date): Got married to __________ in ___________
(Date): Bought 1st house in _________
(Date): Had first child
(Date): Moved to _______
etc.
Now, I challenge you to make a timeline of your life! You might be surprised at how fun it is to see all that you’ve done in your life in one little place!
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