Six-Word Memoirs: What Was I thinking? - AARP The Magazine

What Was I Thinking

Life lessons in half a dozen words

Submit Your Six-Word Memoir

Can you tell a story in six words? In each issue of AARP The Magazine, we provide a theme and challenge you to tell your personal story about it using only half a dozen words. Past topics include family relationships, great meals and life-changing advice.
You can submit your entry . If we publish it in the magazine, we'll also print it on a T-shirt for you. Good luck! WRITING MEMOIR Interested in memoirs? Join the conversation in our .

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Thousands of you shared a half a dozen words about the lessons you've learned. Here are a few of our favorites: Needed Money. Sold my '65 Mustang.
Kay Ruhe, 63, Huntingburg, Indiana
Retired elementary school teacher Forgot brisket in trunk. Car stunk.
Frances Schube, 50, Dunwoody, Georgia
Art-festival organizer

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Widowed too young. Remarried too soon.
Diane MacDougall, 56, Shelby Township, Michigan
Coding-quality specialist Lent friend money. Believed him. Waiting....
Carol Griffin, 66, Alliance, Ohio
Secretary Located my childhood sweetheart. Shouldn't have.
Jackie Glover, 67, Abilene, Texas
Licensed vocational nurse Skipped college. Aged. Learned from life.
Beverly Shroyer, 65, Burleson, Texas
Retired municipal-utility manager I should have danced all night.
Ann Koster, 72, Dallas, Texas
Former magazine researcher Hearing missed. Case dismissed. Client pissed.
Edward Siegel, 79, Jacksonville, Florida
Retired lawyer Market crashed. Hadn't sold. Plan B.
Penny Godoy, 71, Venice, Florida
Corporate officer for health-care and translation companies Larry Smith, who selected these entries, is the founder of the Six-Word Memoir project and coeditor, with Rachel Fershleiser, of It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure. Cancel You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. Your email address is now confirmed. You'll start receiving the latest news, benefits, events, and programs related to AARP's mission to empower people to choose how they live as they age. You can also by updating your account at anytime. You will be asked to register or log in. Cancel Offer Details Disclosures

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