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3 Questions That Capture Your Life Story (Before It's Forgotten)

Ask about a turning point, an ordinary day from childhood, and record the answers in their own voice. Three questions to capture a life story for your family.

What you'll learn

  1. A turning point. One. Ask about a moment that changed everything. A move, a job, a person you met. Turning points carry the real story, and they pull out details a simple where were you born will never reach.
  2. An ordinary day. Two. Ask what an ordinary day looked like growing up. The breakfast, the walk to school, the sounds of the house. These small everyday details are the first things a family forgets and the most precious to keep.
  3. Press record. Three. Record the answers, don't just write them. A phone captures the voice, the laugh, the long pause before a hard memory. Years from now, hearing the actual voice means far more than reading it on a page.

Full transcript

One, ask about a moment that changed everything. A move, a job, a person you met. Turning points carry the real story and they pull out details of simple where were you born will never reach. Two, ask what an ordinary day look like growing up. The breakfast, the walk to school, the sounds of the house. These small everyday details are the first things a family forgets and the most precious to keep. Three, record the answers, don't just write them. A phone captures the voice, the laugh, the long pause before a hard memory. Years from now, hearing the actual voice means far more than reading it on a page.

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