The ObservatoryThe life story
You already carry a story about who you are. It has simply written itself. Here you read it, find the turning points, and choose how the next chapter begins.
How it works
- The chaptersList
- The turning pointWrite
- The next chapterWrite
If your life so far were a book with three to five chapters, where would the chapter breaks fall? There are no right answers. The breaks say something about what has counted as beginning and end for you.
Exercise in 3 steps, about 18 minutes. Doing it is part of Premium, which you try free for 7 days with no card. With Premium your answers are saved so you can pick up where you left off and look back at what you wrote.
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Why does it work?
McAdams & McLean, Current Directions in Psychological Science (2013): narrative identity, especially 'redemption sequences', where difficult episodes are told with an epilogue of growth, co-varies with well-being and perceived meaning. Correlational, but robust across many studies.
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