My Life Story
A narrative therapy worksheet for mapping the chapters, themes, and turning points of your life so far - then examining the story you usually tell about yourself, testing an alternative telling, and authoring the next chapter on purpose.
You are the narrator
You don't just live your life - you tell it. Out of thousands of events, memory keeps a handful, strings them together, and calls the result my story. That story then quietly decides what you expect, what you attempt, and who you believe you are. Here's the leverage: the events are fixed, but the telling isn't. Which moments count as major, what the setbacks meant, who the main character is becoming - those are narrator's choices. And you're the narrator.
How this works
You'll map your life in chapters, notice the themes and turning points, and then do something unusual: tell the same story a second way, keeping every fact but shifting the emphasis. This isn't positive spin. Both tellings must be true. The question is which true story you've been rehearsing - and whether it's the only honest one available.
Name your chapters
Divide your life so far into three to seven chapters. Give each one a title - plain, poetic, or wry - and a rough age range. Chapter titles are already interpretations, so notice what you choose.
A turning point
Name one moment that changed your direction - a decision, a loss, a door opening, a conversation you can still hear.
Themes in your telling
Reading over your chapters, which threads run through them? Check any that fit.
The story you usually tell
In a short paragraph, write the version of your story you tell most often - especially the one that runs in your head on hard days. Don't clean it up. If it's harsh, write it harsh.
An alternative telling
Now retell it: same life, same facts, different emphasis. Bring in what the usual version leaves out - the effort nobody witnessed, the exceptions where the pattern broke, what you were protecting, what you built. Every sentence must still be true.
How believable is the new telling?
Rate how believable the alternative telling feels right now. Low numbers are normal - the old story has years of rehearsal behind it, and believability grows with retelling.
Reflection: the next chapter
The chapters so far are drafted; the next one isn't. Give it a title. Then write a few sentences about how it opens - including one small scene you could actually live out this week. And notice: what feels different about your story now that you've held the pen?
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