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Congratulations! On taking the first step in doing something that many talk about, but few accomplish - writing a book. But what makes what you are about to do even more special and unique is the fact that you are writing a book about your own life. May this course be a vehicle and a tool that you can use that will leave your story behind for many generations to come.

There is a life’s common denominator that is within all of us (some exceptions) that deals with a deep-seated desire of trying to obtain a better life for ourselves and our loved ones. No matter where you are right now reading this, no matter what religion you claim, what creed or sex you are, what culture you were brought up in or age, this common innate instinct lies deep within us all. The sense of gaining the most out of life philosophy, has had such a profound effect on what every individual has done over the course of his or her life. However, the way most of us have handled this life’s pursuit of “bettering our lives and those we love,” is by usually following the pattern of how we were taught...

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For the first day of this course, I have created an assignment that will get you excited for what lies ahead and be fun at the same time. This assignment requires you to go back into your memory bank and think about all of the happiest moments you experienced as a child. These moments do not necessarily have to be grand and extravagant. Not at all. It could be as simple as remembering the time you spent walking in the fields filled with flowers with your parents.

This assignment is about positive, happy childhood moments. If you find yourself thinking about a childhood moment and do not know if it was a positive or negative experience, let the following question help you decide:

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In today’s assignment, we will be focusing on revealing what your difficult childhood moments were, along with getting you to write vital information regarding those specific moments. There are three parts to the Day 2 Assignment, which are explained in depth in the following sections...

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The Day 3 Assignment is perhaps the most critical one so far, because this assignment forms the foundation on which your Memoir will be built. Today’s assignment requires you to dig deep and figure out exactly who you want your Memoir to be read by. This is called your target audience. There will be examples and more detailed explanations regarding what a target audience is, why you need to establish a target audience and the importance of maintaining that target audience in mind throughout this memoir workbook course...

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Let’s think about the importance of a guidance system in terms of professions that rely heavy upon it. Let’s take pilots for example. Pilots first need to map out their route prior to departure to know precisely where to go. Captains of the sea, need to chart out their route prior to departure to know exactly where to go. I can go on about certain professions who need to first make sure they know exactly where they need to go before, they venture out. Likewise with writing a book, and in this case, writing a memoir, you will not make any progress writing, if you have no real direction on what will be writing about. You need a “map.” You need a “GPS” that will help navigate you through your writings. We do not want to just write aimlessly; that is not productive. We need to have a definite and direct goal that will assist you in creating your memoir book, with a well-thought-out plan that will help you arrive at the end destination...

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After completing the Day 4’s assignment, you are halfway through mapping out the 60-day journey. Remember, it is extremely important that you take your time in coming up with the right title for each of your Chapters because this is the best way to know what direction you will go with your memoir. Our main focus today is to complete the remaining assignments for the Table of Contents. There is only one part in today’s assignment, which will be explained more in-depth in the following sections...

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Now that we have completed the Table of Contents, we have come to the section of the course where you will introduce yourself to your readers. The Introduction is focused entirely on giving the reader a glimpse of who you are and what you have been up to presently. The Introduction is the best way to personally introduce yourself to each person who will read your memoir book...

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As you can clearly see from Day 6 assignment, that Introductions are much more than just writing your name and moving on. It is you introducing yourself to the reader on a deep level which passes the superficial and focus on real connections. It is a fantastic chance for the reader to see the person behind the written words by reading the amount of detail and transparency within your writings...

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As I was preparing this module for this course and thinking about the content that needed to be written, I could not help but feel a sense of nostalgia. I must confess that I do not spend as much time as I should remembering some of the happiest moments in my childhood, but planning, reviewing and writing out this module inevitably brought up so many of those memories. Countless times, a ball of emotions would rush through me. I would not be surprised if the same intensity of feelings emerges within you as you venture through this module...

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There is something so unique about snow; it is a remarkable phenomenon of nature. Think about all the snow that has graced the earth since the beginning of time. Think about places that have constant snow, or seasons of snow, and know this: no matter how much snow falls, there are never even two identical snowflakes.

If you think about life, no matter how far back you look and how far ahead you project, no human being will ever be exactly like you. Ernest Holmes wrote, “There is no one like you in all the Universe, nor will there ever be.” How accurate that quote is...

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Well, it is well-known that positive emotions are more beneficial to an individual in the long term than negative emotions. It is also a well-known fact that positive emotions foster a better work environment, which produces better results than in negative and hostile environments. Knowing that writing can be challenging for some, and even more so writing a memoir, I want to start your memoir book with as much positivity as possible. Even if you did not have a “good” childhood, we can find sprinkles of wholesome childhood memories if we looked deep enough. Therefore, today’s assignment will get you to write about the fondest childhood memories you had from 5 to 10 years old...

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We all know that this thing we call life does not just offer pleasant and positive experiences. We all know that there are times in life that we wish would pass us by as quickly as the morning dew passes when the sun rises. However, just like there cannot be a day without night, there cannot be light without darkness, there cannot be love without hate, good without evil, life without death, joy without pain or life, filled with happiness without any suffering...

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There is a universal law that affects everyone, no matter where we live and no matter who we are. It is a law that goes beyond one’s belief in it, and it supersedes human reasoning. Many individuals have referred to this law throughout the pages of history. It has been called many things, such as karma, sowing and reaping, and cause and effect. For this assignment, we will be using the term “cause and effect" as we explain today’s main writing task...

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So what does that story have to do with today’s assignment? Well, back on Day 12, you focused mainly on writing about negative coping mechanisms and gave stories that conveyed your experience with those reactions. Today, however you will be focusing on the positive, constructive coping mechanisms that you may have used during difficult childhood moments. You will be writing out your own “lemons to lemonade” experiences...

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As we introduce these characters to the reader, it is most important to follow certain principles to successfully integrate characters to your writings. These principles have been established as some of the most effective ways to transition from writing about self to writing about others. Do not try and think ahead of the steps given or to write more than what is required or instructed. Doing so will create discord with future assignments. There is a set order for each assignment, and if that order is tampered with, it will alter the result of the entire course.

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In this assignment it is essential to get you to write about positive inward qualities of each positive character in your life growing up. It is an exercise that will reveal the real reason you were drawn to those individuals you listed on Day 13. Yes, outward characteristics indeed draw people to others because they are visible for all to see. However, it is imperative to recognize that invisible characteristics are ultimately what people are most drawn to...

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Today is perhaps one of the most important days for this course. It is a teaching day, mainly because I will be introducing a new concept and theory to you, which you will be using throughout the remainder of your book. I have personally used this theory for many books that I have written because of its fantastic capability to retain readers’ attention. I call this theory the “Transitional Paragraph," or TP. Learning this new concept is of utmost importance, so make sure you take the time to grasp today’s teachings...

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Remember, you are a totally unique person; no one is like you. As you look over your life, there are specific lessons that only you know because of what you went through. This is the main focus of today’s assignment. After all you went through as a child up to 10 years old, only you know certain lessons that you can now share with your readers. You may never know how much the lessons you share will affect those who pick up your memoir book...

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I will be conducting the same exercises with you that I did back when I was in the second grade. I am not undermining anyone’s intelligence with this assignment, but I truly believe that it will help you to remember what your childhood hopes and dreams were. It is also very important that I state that your writings you must only focus on the ages between 5 and 10 years old. Please keep that in mind for today’s writings...

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A childhood dream is so precious; it is something so pure that it is sad when I talk with students all across the world who have forgotten what their childhood dreams were. I hope that the Day 18 Assignment revived those memories for those who had forgotten what their childhood hopes and dreams were.

You were directed to write as many childhood hopes and dreams down as you could remember on Day 18. The realistic goal was for you to write 5 to 10 of the things that you wanted to be growing up. Our main focus for today’s assignment is too narrow down that list of childhood hopes and dreams, to very specific ones...

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As you can clearly see, there is a step-by-step process in the making of Chapter Two, which you are currently fulfilling. This step-by-step writing process is vitally important to create Chapter Two, because for some students, it could have been years since taking the time to think about their childhood hopes and dreams. The entire Chapter Two could have easily been condensed into a few assignments, but in doing so, it wouldn’t be favourable and beneficial for anyone willing to write their life’s story in detail. Since this program is open to all individuals, it must reflect the different levels of learning speed and writing experience of students...

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Today’s assignment is an extension of what you completed on Day 20. You will be continuing to work on your childhood hope and dream. There will be a series of questions that are designed to get you to open up even more about the start of your desire, the start of your childhood hope and dream...

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This leads us to today’s assignment. For Day 22, we will be introducing something called, “FORK IN THE ROAD SCENARIOS,” a concept that helps you decide in what direction your writings should be going. Our main writing focus is still your childhood hopes and dreams. But make sure you follow your own path when you come to the fork in the road scenarios. For this assignment, we will be extending the age limit you are writing about from 10 years old to 19 years of age. Keep this age extension in mind, as you write today’s assignment...

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We, have now come to an assignment that is quite difficult in nature. It is an assignment that has affected millions of individuals all throughout history. This topic has to do with childhood trauma. We will explore the realization of it within your own life, in your writings. But before we further talk about childhood trauma, let us first define what the term childhood trauma means so that we will be on the same page for today’s assignment.

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As noted on Day 23, the main writing assignment was split into two writing days, because of the very nature of its content. Now is the time to complete any remaining writings you need to do to finish for the Day 23 Assignment.

Once you have completed all of Day 23’s writings, it is time to begin to write about your childhood’s fears and phobias. But before we discuss about today’s assignments, let’s first define the meaning of both the words, fears and phobias.

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As we begin to write today’s assignment, it is our main focus to write about the self-image you had growing up. There are a lot of things that can influence a person’s self-image. This is definitely true for children because of how easily they are, all of us at one point were, so impressionable, and how our minds were like sponges absorbing everything around us.

The power of self-image, can literally rise someone into greatness, placing that person in the presence of royalty, or it can drive a person into the gutter. It all depends on each person’s handle of his or her own self-image. Rev. Ike once said, “the self-image you have is the most important thing on earth to you.” There is nothing truer than this quote...

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Today, we will be writing a Transitional Paragraph for Chapter Two. This assignment will be the last paragraph which will lead us into Chapter Three. You were taught certain in-depth, key elements regarding Transitional Paragraphs. You were taught the definition of Transitional Paragraphs, the purpose of Transitional Paragraphs, and the benefits of writing Transitional Paragraphs. Moreover, you were introduced to two specific methods that you can use to write an effective Transitional Paragraph. You can find this information on Day 16 if you need to review it again...

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Fulfilling this assignment is the best way to leave your mark on anyone who will read this Chapter in your memoir. For each Chapter that deals with a certain stage in your life, you will have this “Lesson Learned,” assignment. In from these assignments, you become the teacher and your readers become the students. Whatever lessons you want to share, whether it is of fears, joys, traumas, or love, the main goal is for your readers to gain insight for their own lives...

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Today, the main focus of the writings will be to concentrate on the personality traits you had during your adolescence. It is imperative to establish who you were growing up for your readers, and what more amazing way to reveal who you are than by writing about your inner qualities...

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Today’s assignment is one that will get you to open up about your family and loved ones, perhaps for the first time in a long time. It is an assignment that requires you to really do some soul searching and write about the amazing, or possibly broken, connections you had with those around you as a teen. This assignment is an assignment that requires you to be honest and share how you truly felt towards your loved ones.

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There will be two main topics that will be the centre of our focus for today’s assignment. These two topics play a significant role in developing the independence of a teenager. The development of social skills, the growth of interpersonal awareness, the complexity of inner emotions and mindsets towards self and others are all affected by the experience of high school and work experiences.

This topic is extremely crucial, so make sure you do not rush through the questions and writings today. There will not be any required length of words or paragraphs for you to write. You are free to write as much as you would like, describing your schooling and work experiences as a teenager...

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Today’s assignment is perhaps the most thought-provoking one so far. This assignment will cause you to open up about your innermost thoughts during adolescence. Perhaps you have shared these thoughts and details about yourself with only a few individuals, or no one at all. Though these thoughts may have remained hidden in your heart, this assignment is geared toward revealing all of your reactions to certain situations in your teenage years...

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Today’s assignment is very important for this Module because it deals explicitly with identity development within your own life as a teen. In preparation for this assignment, I did some research to make sure what I am asking you to do aligns with the developmental process that teenagers go through. One article outlines the importance of today’s assignment to the letter this way: ...

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While developing this course, I wanted to be as fair as possible when it comes to addressing all aspects of your life. I did not want to design a course that gets you to write only about positive moments and avoid the negative ones. I wanted your memoir book to reflect the realistic trajectory of life. A few assignments were very difficult, and I am extremely proud of you for getting through them.

Today, we will discuss the achievements that you have accomplished during your achievements during adolescence. It will be a positive assignment, from the nature of this topic. Please do not start thinking that you do not have any achievements during your teenage years. It’s not about the size of the achievement; it is what you deem noteworthy in your own eyes...

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Today, we will be writing a Transitional Paragraph for Chapter Three. This assignment will be the last paragraph which will lead us into Chapter Four. You have already been taught key elements about Transitional Paragraphs. You were given the definition of a Transitional Paragraphs, the purpose of Transitional Paragraphs, and the benefits of writing a Transitional Paragraphs. Moreover, you were shown two specific methods that you can use to write a proper Transitional Paragraph. You can find all of this information on Day 16 if you need to review it again...

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Those who read your memoir must get a glimpse into what you have learned from what you wrote in Chapter Three. Remember, on Day 17, you learned about the hindsight 20/20 principle, and you also used it on Day 27. You will now again use that principle for today’s assignment. Fulfilling this assignment is the best way to leave your mark on your readers. As we write about each stage of your life, you will get the opportunity to share the lessons that you learned with your readers. Whether the experiences you went through were of fears, joys, traumas, or love, your life’s journey is something...

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The topic of love is one that could take up the whole writing course with volumes of assignments to write; however, we will be focusing in on certain aspects of your love life.

There are many misconceptions based on this universal concept called love. Perhaps as you read through the list and definitions of some of these misconceptions, you will realize how they were a part of your own life. But before we go through the misconceptions of love, let us examine what I believe to be the truest meaning of love. You may differ from what I consider the best definition of love, which is fine. Just make sure that your own definition of love emphasizes some of the characteristics described below...

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Today's assignment is about getting you to recall the first time you fell in love. Perhaps it was a love at first sight moment, or the love grew over time. Whatever the situation was, we will be exploring it. This assignment does not require you to have had a long-term relationship with this person, or even any type of relationship at all. It is only designed to reveal your feelings and thoughts when you felt the emotion of love for the first time.

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Now we have come to the writings where you will have the opportunity to reveal your earliest single and dating experiences. There are so many scenarios that can be written on this topic. For that reason, the scenarios in this assignment have been selected with precision. Your readers need to see the journey you experienced during your single and dating life experiences.

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For today’s assignment, we will be exploring the details regarding the long-term relationship(s), you have had. This section is different from what you wrote about your dating life experiences, because that section was only referring to your short-term relationships. This assignment is unique because long-term relationships differ from short-term dating. Long-term relationships usually require more investment between two people, and not only in a material sense. With long-term relationships, usually the investments are more interlaced with emotions and feelings, the intertwining of the souls and the oneness of lives...

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Today’s assignment will be focusing on another level of love in relationships, that is different from just dating. This assignment has to do with marriage and common-law unions.

NOTE: I recognize that there are some who don’t believe in marriage, haven’t got married and don’t see themselves married in the future. That is perfectly fine because there will be writing assignments today to reflect that reality. Write according to your own life’s journey...

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As you recall, on Day 36 you wrote an assignment about what you thought the meaning of love was, as you grew up. You also wrote about how you came to such conclusions about love, and how that affected your view of others. Personally, I remember learning about what love was supposed to be from Disney movies. I know it sounds pretty childish now, but as a child, I thought those images of love represented perfection – that love was always flawless, never-in-pain happy feeling. Oh, how wrong I was.

Answer today’s main assignment question by looking back over all the love experiences that you went through, read about and saw in the lives of other individuals...

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Today, we will be writing a Transitional Paragraph for Chapter Four leading into Chapter Five, continuing Module 7. Again, you were instructed in an in depth manner on certain things regarding Transitional Paragraphs on Day 16. Before we discuss the specifics of today’s Transitional Paragraph, go back to Day 16 and read the detailed information and examples given to you. This is essentially important...

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We will be conducting the “Lesson Learned” assignment as the final assignment for Chapter Four. It is very important that you give the readers a glimpse into what you have learned from this stage of your life, from all that you wrote throughout Module 7. Remember the hindsight 20/20 principle discussed on Day 17. Go back to Day 17 if you need a refresher, but this again is what we will be doing today...

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Let those two main questions be indicators as to whether you should continue at this time. If you do continue, today will only be a brainstorming exercise. Please remember, going through a rock bottom stage in life is not abnormal and does not make you any different. There is a proverb that says, “there is nothing new under the sun,” which means that everything that you went through, though you may have felt or even still feel that you were alone in that experience; there are people past, present and future that have and will go through similar things...

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No matter your social status, skin colour, background, career, or any outward differences, there is one thing we all have in common. We have all had a situation in life where we felt powerless. We will all, at some point, experience a time in our lives where it seems as if life is not fair. Each of us will experience a time in our lives where we think that no matter where we stand, it is not a solid footing because we are sinking. Now is the time to open up about it and write about that time in your life...

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It is difficult to always behave and think logically when you go through the initial stages of a storm in life. Of course, over time, thoughts became more clear, actions more directed towards positivity, and you realize that there is light at the end of the tunnel. When hard times come, especially when that time is a rock bottom experience, the way before us is not always clear; the way we act, feel, and even how we think may not always be constructive. We may think things we would not usually think; we say things we should not say and do things we should not do. This is not abnormal; we are all humans with feelings and emotions, and even the most optimistic person has downer days.

This is what today's assignment is all about, writing about your exact feelings, emotions and actions during your rock bottom experience(s). Your readers need to know the exact mindset you experienced during your rock bottom experience and the negative actions you took at that time...

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Our main focus will only be the negative individuals in your life that may have made fun of you or even deserted you in your time of need. We want to focus on the negative people that not only pushed you down or added weight on your back to keep you down. This is what our primary goal for our writings today will be...

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Today, we will be writing a Transitional Paragraph for Chapter Five leading into Chapter Six, formally concluding Module 8. You were instructed in depth on certain things about Transitional Paragraphs on Day 16. Before we discuss the specifics with today’s Transitional Paragraph, go back to Day 16 and read the detailed information and examples given to you regarding Transitional Paragraphs. This is vitally important...

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We will now be conducting the final assignment for Chapter Five, “Lesson Learned”. It is essential for you to give the readers a glimpse into what you have learned from all you wrote about throughout Module 8. Remember the hindsight 20/20 principle discussed on Day 17. Go back to Day 17 if you need a refresher, but this again is what we will be looking at today...