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Chapter 1 Getting Started Version 6

Created on 12/20/2007
Revised: April 4, 2008
LIFELINE

On the chart below, place a dot at your age for each major decision or branching point in your life. Rate the event by the way you feel about it turned
out for you, on a scale of plus or minus 100. Connect the dots to create your lifeline. Draw a vertical line for your present age, and project your lifeline
into the future. Number the major events and provide an explanation in the table below the chart. (From James E. Birren and Kathryn N. Cochran, Telling
the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography Groups.)
+100 4
90 3 5
80 8 12
70 13
60 1
50
40
30 7
20 2 6 11
10
0
-10
-20 10
-30 9
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
-90
-100
Age 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95

1. Deciding to go to College 2. Moving on to Graduate School 3. Deciding to get married 4. Deciding to have children
preparing this timeline is that it is accurate and expresses clearly the major events and decisions in your life.

5. Taking a Non-Profit Job 6. Deciding to go to Business School 7. Taking a job in Consulting 8. Beginning a career in Journalism

9. Accepting a job in Corporate America 10. Deciding about Retirement 11. Deciding to do Technical Writing 12. Going back to my Writing

13. Agreeing to write this Book 14. 15. 16.


events in your life. (2) When you provide an explanation of the numbered items, provide three to four sentences, to give more details. For

of paper that are stapled. You may be creative in designing the Lifeline, using different colors, adding pictures, et cetera. (4) The criteria for
Instructions from Dr Bulaong: (1) This is a sample Lifeline. You may customize the graph to fit how you want to show the major decisions and

©Lynne C. Levesque and Judith S. DeBrandt 2008


example: explain the rating (0-100), what happened, who were involved, how you felt, et cetera. (3) The expected output is two or three sheets

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