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Your Life in 6 Words

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Inspired by a review of Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. The book came about after Larry Smith, of the online storytelling magazine SMITH, asked readers to submit six-word memoirs.

How would you sum up your life in 6 words? Feel free to add more than one entry.
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meandering through fog with flashlight eyes   was added by kingtaj and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
beautiful mess of strange and wonderful   was added by kevinl and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
not sure where i'm heading yet   was added by anydelirium and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
was scared and alone, now happy   was added by kewpid and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
birds are my favorite creatures ever.   was added by reesetee and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
the horror of that moment   was added by samoritan and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
finally, my insides match my outside   was added by jennarenn and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
never thought i'd get this old.   was added by reesetee and has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
vagabond shoes under the bed blues   was added by Treeseed and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
on the verge of becoming true   was added by julia and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
yet to be, was, then isn't   was added by gangerh and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
yet to be, is, then wasn't   was added by gangerh and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
yet to be, is, then was   was added by gangerh and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
wasn't then was then wasn't again   was added by gangerh and has been listed 1 time with 3 comments
cork, berlin, carolina, jersey, california, ...... quixote   was added by sionnach and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
collector, jewish agnostic, nomenclator, scientist, father   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
child, worried, husband, worried, parent, worried   was added by SonofGroucho and has been listed 1 time with 6 comments
born, played, music, love, family, waiting...   was added by skipvia and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
confusion, clarity, what clarity, happily bewildered   was added by palooka and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
reading, books, more books, publishing career   was added by reesetee and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
childhood, long search, home at last   was added by reesetee and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
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3 months ago mollusque said:

Darn, triggered again!

3 months ago reesetee said:

Ha! I was expecting you to chime in, mollusque. :-)

3 months ago mollusque said:

Iamb.

3 months ago reesetee said:

Ever more succinct! When will you have it down to one word, I wonder?

3 months ago skipvia said:

Here's my abridged version:

Born, waiting...

3 months ago reesetee said:

Here's another article about the book that inspired this list.

4 months ago reesetee said:

Thanks, kewpid. Been seeing a lot about these online lately. :-)

4 months ago kewpid said:

NPR: Six-word memoirs

4 months ago reesetee said:

I thought you might, mollusque. :-) I'm surprised that none are complete sentences yet, but it seems easier not to use that format.

4 months ago mollusque said:

I love the underlying triadic nature of many of these! Veni, vidi, vici...

4 months ago reesetee said:

Yep! These are wonderful--thanks, all!

SoG, I didn't know you were a member of the Worry Club. The more the merrier. :-) *worrying about too many members*

4 months ago SonofGroucho said:

True confessions, huh?

4 months ago reesetee said:

Thanks, palooka--yours is great! Ain't it the truth? :-)

4 months ago palooka said:

Great idea reesetee!

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