2016 Self Authoring

From Writing class pieces and Retirement courses

In 2016, just before Jordan Peterson became a controversial international celebrity, I started working with his online Self Authoring writing program. I did the Past Authoring part.

On the web site it says

It is difficult to know who you are, where you should go, or how you should get there, unless you know where you came from. The Past Authoring Program has therefore been designed to help you write a structured autobiography. The program will help you:

  • Divide your life into seven different time periods or epochs.

  • Identify the most significant events that occurred during each epoch.

  • Describe how each of those experiences has shaped who you are today

The links below are the 7 Epochs I selected. I wrote about the most significant events for each epoch, but for the third bullet above, the influence of each experience, I only got as far as Epoch 1 – Before college.

Self-Authoring website

1. Before college

2. Stanford

3. Bands and Farm

4. ZCLA

5. Avnet and business

6. Teaching

7. Retirement

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