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PROMPTuesday #50: A Life in Six Words

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Because I’m late today, I kept it easyish. This one comes from my friend, Paul, with whom I’ll be attending a weekly writing coach meeting, but that’s neither here nor there*.

 

Paul’s idea is to riff on the popular six-word memoir idea captured eloquently in this book here. So just like it’s asked in the book, “Can you describe your life in six words?”

 

If you read the publisher’s description of the book above, you’ll see that six-word life sum-ups can be heartbreaking, silly, or motivational. Or, as the New Yorker says: “You could spend a lifetime brainstorming.”

 

What is your six-word memoir?

 

Leave your answer in the comments, or if you prefer, on your blog and leave us the link so we can spy.

 

Meanwhile, for any new readers, PROMPTuesday, is a once-a-week deal where I issue a creative writing prompt and hope that people take it and run. PROMPTuesday submissions appear in the comment box below the PROMPT post for all to read.

 

To read PROMPTuesdays gone by, please click here.

 

*That could totally be my life summed up in six words.

 

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  1. Wade Nash (Paul) says

    April 7, 2009 at 8:47 am

    Here’s Mine: “Continuing Battle to Focus My Energies.”

    I know we are probably not supposed to EXPLAIN ours — but that is my life in a nutshell. I could never focus in on just a few things that I’m good at. I like TOO MANY THING and TOO MANY PEOPLE and TOO MANY SOCIAL ACTIVITES — and it’s taken me until recently to realize that if my life is to be worth anything lasting, I must cut back on the “static” and learn to make decisions on what my goals are and FOCUS in on SOME things. I’ve had a fun life so far — travel, movies, literature, friends — but, unfortunately, at age 46, I am hardly an expert in anything with anything substantive to show for it.

    Here’s to a completed novel manuscript in 2009!

    Reply
  2. Debrah says

    April 7, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Forever Making That Change In Life

    Reply
  3. McSwain says

    April 7, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Don’t have a blog anymore, so I’ll leave it here:

    I fall too hard, too fast.

    Reply
  4. The San Diego Hermit says

    April 7, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Though it is sometimes hard to convince myself, this is what I’d like to think my life is in six words: “Perpetually renewed and stronger each day.”

    Reply
  5. foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog) says

    April 7, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Mind reeling with words still unsaid.

    (I love, love, love these books!)

    Reply
  6. g says

    April 7, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    Ventured out, sought, found and nested.

    Reply
  7. Blognut says

    April 7, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    I’m where I’m meant to be.

    and

    I’m not done with this yet.

    Yeah, that’s 12; 13 if you count the ‘and’, but that’s what it is. :0)

    Reply
  8. Mama Mary says

    April 7, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    She laughed, cried, & didn’t get Cats.

    If the “&” counts as a word then it would read:
    She laughed, cried and hated Cats

    but that’s a little harsh.

    Please note the capital “C” though I could also probably substitute a lowercase “c” and be accurate. Sorry Cats the Musical and kitty cat lovers inhabiting the blogosphere.
    I would have posted this on my blog but my post today is about my BFF who loves cats so I didn’t think it would be appropriate. :-)

    Reply
  9. kate says

    April 7, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    accident prone single mom causes mayhem.

    Reply
  10. Amanda @ The Mom Crowd says

    April 7, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    We recently did a “Motherhood in 6 Words” post on The Mom Crowd, it was a lot of fun! http://www.themomcrowd.com/motherhood-in-6-words-lets-get-creative

    Right now I would describe my life as:

    Two kids is harder than anticipated.

    ha!

    Reply
  11. Da Goddess says

    April 7, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    Wow, that trackback excerpt was excessive, wasn’t it?

    I loved AND hated this PROMPT, Deb. I’m feeling a little fragile and unable to express myself as honestly as I’d like. I don’t like that feeling. Thankfully, I did several takes on this and finally found one I think I can live with.

    Can I get a pass to see the school nurse now? Please.

    Reply
  12. Chris says

    April 8, 2009 at 5:48 am

    Pirouetting through time, hopeful, searching, open.

    Reply
  13. Katie says

    April 8, 2009 at 6:15 am

    I’m well-rehearsed in effing up.

    Best friend you will ever have.

    This is hard LOL

    Reply
  14. robyn says

    April 8, 2009 at 6:58 am

    I dance now, like never before.

    Reply
  15. Karelle says

    April 8, 2009 at 7:07 am

    http://alwayshisangel.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/promptuesday-50/

    Reply
  16. matteroffactmommy says

    April 8, 2009 at 7:09 am

    does it have to be a sentence that makes sense? whatever. using artistic license, here’s mine:
    loving, living, playing, longing, feeling, giving
    or
    love, live, play, long, feel, give
    :)

    Reply
  17. Danielle says

    April 8, 2009 at 8:22 am

    I would imagine this would be an ever changing thing and for me right now it’s:

    Happy Momma, Happy Wife, Happy Life.

    Reply
  18. Cocktail Maven says

    April 8, 2009 at 8:47 am

    Born in Technicolor. Living in CinemaScope.

    Reply
  19. San Diego Momma says

    April 8, 2009 at 8:57 am

    I LOVE this PROMPT. Thanks Paul. And thanks to all who shared their innermost.

    Mine is:

    Made it harder than it is.

    Reply
  20. Chris says

    April 8, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    This was fun! Each time I read someone’s “memoir”, I count the words on my fingers to make sure they haven’t broken the rules. I used to be a Girl Scout. Gotta do it.

    Reply
  21. Crystal says

    April 8, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    The summary of my life at this moment is..

    “Always looking for a happy medium.”

    Reply
  22. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! says

    April 8, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Typing one handed while picking nose.

    Don’t judge me. That wasn’t it.

    Neither was that! I am THINKING!

    Pick the right six, win LOTTO.

    I will go away quietly now.

    Reply
  23. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! says

    April 8, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    Lurking for twenty minutes, still nothing.

    Reply

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  1. DaGoddess.com » PROMPTuesday #50 - Six Horrific Words says:
    April 7, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    […] Six words. I have to come up with a six-word life description. How the heck is that even possible? I’m wordy. I write long, rambling bits of fluff that add up to absolutely nothing. Concise? Not me. When I come anywhere near needing to be precise and exact, I become some bumbling, fumbling, hemming and hawing joke. I stumble. I stutter. I sputter. And I invariably end up shrugging because words actually fail to form in a meaningful way. But that’s another story. One that’s better left untold, I think. There’s one person who knows exactly what that means; thankfully that’s a secret just between us. […]

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  2. DaGoddess.com » I’m Amending My Biography says:
    April 10, 2009 at 12:06 am

    […] Deb had that PROMPTuesday dealio with the whole six-word biography terror going on this week. And it just dawned on me what my real bio should say. Of course, I had to steal it from Otis over at RER, but who’s really original anymore? So I paraphrase: […]

    Reply
  3. PrompTuesday #50 « Tiny Little Bits and Pieces of Me says:
    February 15, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    […] 8, 2009 by hippiemonkeymama This week’s prompt calls for a super-sort […]

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