Life Story Journal

Some stories you have told so often they have stopped meaning much. Writing them down in order tends to show a pattern you couldn't see from inside any one chapter.

This journal walks you through your life in six stages, with space to write and room for photos if you print it. It works as a private reflection, or as something to leave for your family.

What's inside

• Six life stages: childhood, teenage years, early adulthood, midlife, late adulthood and elderhood
• Six prompts for each stage, 36 in all, from your first job and closest friends to the advice you'd give your younger self
• Milestone pages for graduations, marriage, children, career and personal achievements
• A birthday review: the past year, goals for the next, gratitude, and a letter to your future self
• A bucket list, a gratitude page, a travel record and a page for your hobbies over time

If you coach, the birthday review makes a good standalone exercise, and the stage prompts are a gentle way into a life review with a client at a turning point.

Know its assumptions. The midlife and milestone pages take for granted a spouse and children, so if your life has run differently, you'll be adapting those questions. And it is a memory and reflection journal; it won't help you plan next quarter or work through a current problem.

PDF, instant download, and yours to use as often as you like. If it doesn't help, email me within seven days and I'll refund you.