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YOUR CHILDHOOD
THE TEEN YEARS
YOUNG ADULT YEARS
THE MIDDLE YEARS THE GOLDEN YEARS
PERSONAL VALUES, EXPERIENCES, AND PHILOSOPHY
IF YOU HAVE AN ETHNIC OR UNUSUAL HERITAGE
IF YOU HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE
MEDICAL HISTORY HISTORICAL EVENTS DURING YOUR LIFE
CHILDHOOD
Characterize your babyhood and childhood.
How much time did you spend working, playing, helping your parents.
Describe the kind of life you lived.
What schools did you attend. What teachers influenced you.
What were your best and hardest subjects.
What indoor and outdoor games did you play.
Who were your best friends.
What kind of trouble did you get into.
What was your religious training.
What talents did you have and how did you develop them.
Give a physical description of yourself.
What chores did you do and for how long. Which ones did you hate.
Did you have an early boy/girl friend. Name and describe.
What were your early dreams and ambitions.
What "Home Remedies" did your parents use for injury or
illness.
Who was the first person close to you to die and how did you react.
What illnesses and injuries did you have.
Are there any strange or unusual experiences you recall.
How did you celebrate the various holidays.
What vacations did your family take.
What did your family do for fun and how often.
Did you always live in the same house, town, or did you move often.
What is the funniest thing that ever happened to
you.
What is the best, the worst, the strangest thing that ever happened to
you.
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THE TEEN YEARS
What events occurred that you thought you'd never get over.
If you had a car, what was it and how did you get it.
Who were you infatuated with or fall in love with.
How did you celebrate birthdays.
Who were your friends and why. Where are they now.
What was a typical party like.
Did you keep a dairy or journal. Do you have it today.
What adults had the greatest influence on your life.
What were the hairstyles, clothes styles, and what did you wear.
What jobs did you have.
Were you interested in athletics or other types of activities.
Who were your idols and heroes and why.
What were your favorite TV programs.
Did you go to movies, revivals, lectures.
What part did music or art play in your life.
Were you a reader and what were your favorite books.
What teams were you on.
Describe your first date.
How did you get along with your parents.
What did you want to do with your life.
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YOUNG ADULT YEARS
What was the reason you left home and how old were you.
Did you move far away.
How did you feel about your childhood and teen
years after being away from home for a few years.
What is the funniest story about your courtship years.
How did it feel to be in love.
Tell about your wedding.
How did your family feel about your new marriage.
Tell about careers, bearing children, etc.
What joys or tragedies did you have.
What further education did you pursue.
If you lived a single life, tell how that felt and what you were able to
accomplish as a result.
If you went to war, tell about the experience and how you felt and
mention the following: what branch of the military, where was your basic
training, where were you stationed, how long were you in the service, did you
see combat, were you wounded or taken prisoner, did you lose close friends, how
did you feel about the enemy, how did you feel about our country being at war,
or the threat of war, what rank were you.
THE MIDDLE YEARS
What was it like to turn forty or fifty.
Has your life developed as you expected.
What changes occurred that you did not expect.
What is your health like.
What is your attitude about your age.
How does society and its values affect your attitudes.
What sports do you participate in.
What are your favorite experiences, books, plays, movies.
How do you feel about the political condition of the country.
What are your concerns about your children, your
spouse, other family members.
Have you changed careers, re-entered the job market, raised your family alone.
How did it feel and what did you do.
Are you having a mid-life crisis.
Describe your best achievement in life to this point.
Describe your biggest disappointment.
Which years do you feel have been your best years so far.
In your opinion, what is the best and hardest part of the middle years.
Describe your finances, eating and health habits, leisure time, religious
feelings and experiences.
Are you single, widowed, divorced, remarried.
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THE GOLDEN YEARS
How do you support yourself.
What is your health like today.
How do you spend your time.
What travels have you experienced.
What do you think about the political condition of the world.
What is your political affiliation and why.
What is your view of religion now and how do you practice it.
Who are your friends and why.
What is difficult for you now.
What do you enjoy more today.
Who are you closest to.
What is the most unusual thing about you.
What do people say they like best about you.
How do you feel about where the world is going.
What wisdom have you gained from life.
What advantages come with retirement, and what
disadvantages.
What dreams do you have about the future.
What are your goals for your relationship with your family.
Do you have a special message for your family.
What was the key turning point of your life.
What is the most severe shock you've ever received.
What about your life makes you most happy.
PERSONAL VALUES,
EXPERIENCES, AND PHILOSOPHY
Your experiences and attitudes about life
Child rearing and marriage
Education and talents
High and low points in your life and what you learned from them.
IF YOU HAVE AN ETHNIC OR
UNUSUAL HERITAGE
Tell what it means to come from your particular background, the trials,
hardships, joys, life experiences.
IF YOU HAVE HAD A
VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE
Tell how it came about, how you and others felt about it, how you were
treated, how your life changed and developed differently as a result, what you'd
like people to know.
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MEDICAL HISTORY
This is an opportunity, if you choose, to provide your posterity with medical
histories that will prove useful to their future.
What illnesses did various members of the family have, especially parents
and grandparents?
What blood types?
What disabilities?
What genetic strengths & weaknesses?
Various illnesses in parents and grandparents can have an effect on down-line posterity.
Many genetic problems can be resolved if known about early. It could prove life
saving to provide your posterity with an accurate list of the following and
specify who had it:
Birth defects, premature or stillborn, pregnancy problems, RH Factor
problems, other blood problems, childhood diseases, hyperactivity, accidents,
acute illnesses such as pneumonia, dental problems, eye and ear problems,
glasses and hearing aides worn, chronic illnesses, life threatening illnesses.
Mention what medicines seem to work well and which do not. Include allergic
reactions to substances and drugs. Do not hesitate to mention a predisposition
to addiction. to caution family members.
Your posterity need to be forewarned of genetic predispositions. Doctors are now asking about the health and illnesses of one's
parents and grandparents because it gives them valuable information. Whoever is
still living can provide much of this information about themselves and their
parents.
HISTORICAL EVENTS DURING YOUR
LIFE
Wars, military service, dramatic events such as
September 11, 2001.
The Great Depression
The Atomic Age
Political changes
Rapid technological developments
Significant medical breakthroughs
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