From the author of the bestselling Listography journal series, this guided journal offers a fun and approachable way to write your own mini memoir. The act of writing a memoir may feel daunting, but it doesn't have to be! With 70 inspiring topics, these pages invite you to capture meaningful parts of your life through briefly written snapshots. Each topic starts with a list prompt to help spark ideas followed by a few questions for reflection, and then plenty of space to explore your memories in more detail. From reflecting on your best childhood friends and memorable trips to embarrassing moments and toughest experiences, use this journal as a tool for self-discovery and create a mini memoir that will keep your stories alive for generations to come. EASY TO DO: Simply fill out the lists, then use the reflection and spotlight sections to expand and elaborate on a memory or experience. Dip in and out at your leisure—there is no right or wrong way to write your mini memoir! SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR: Lisa Nola is the beloved author of the bestselling Listography series, which has cumulatively sold more than a million copies! GREAT TOOL FOR SELF-REFLECTION: Use this journal as a tool for self-discovery. Take the time to explore your memories and to record and preserve your story! BEAUTIFUL KEEPSAKE: A classic design, handsome packaging, and thoughtful prompts make this journal a wonderful keepsake you can share with your family and generations to come! GREAT GIFT: Whether buying for holidays, birthdays, or any other life event that calls for celebration, Mini Memoir is a touching present for family and friends. Perfect for: Writers of all levels - List makers and journalers - Fans of the Listography and One Line A Day series - Students - Fans of Moth Radio Hour and Mortified podcasts - Parents and grandparents WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR MEMORIES? I encourage everyone to write lists outside of to do lists, or the bite-size packaged "listicles" we come across as clickbait (i.e."ten signs you're dying").   Auto-biographical list-making is a pathway to rediscover memories, preserve stories, kickstart creative projects, visualize dreams, and keep a record of books, films, music, and all the other experiences that have transformed you. Making a list also augments our brain's storage capacity. If it's in a list, then memories are never lost; they never fall behind the mind's filing cabinet.   If I asked you to list "memorable objects inside your childhood home," or the "places you've lived," a colorful assortment of memories would surface that are unique to you. THIS IS YOUR LISTOGRAPHY. A completed list on, let's say, "songs that remind you of loves from the past" might bring up feelings and memories in the unique way a photograph can--sometimes even more so. I can't make a list on "my favorite games from childhood" without remembering what it was like to hit the white cubes nervously out of the "Don't Break The Ice" game, or my neighbor's dad conducting "Simon Says" in the yard on the 4th of July. 
While "to do" lists serve as encouragement, and propel us forward, other lists memorialize. A few weeks before I lost my mother to cancer, she said to me, "I am really going to miss eating a piece of toast." This moment has remained with me as a gift from her, like Nora Ephron's list she composed before her death on the things she "will miss" and "not miss" about being alive. Lists can also cultivate gratitude, like "things I love," "favorite things to smell," or "days I would relive again." 
Many of us don't have the time to journal, or the inclination to write an autobiography, so I created my series of journals, and listography.com, to help capture all the experiences that make up a life in easy and sweetly CURATED topics . I've rediscovered many lost memories by making lists--all while creating a beautiful map of my life here on earth. 
  
 My mission is to inspire how you keep and collect your memories, all those elements of human experience--including a nice piece of toast!  Now, make some lists . . . Lisa Nola is the author of the bestselling  Listography Journals, The Listography Board Game, MINI Memoir, One List a Day journal, Date Night In, and the creator of Listography.com , a popular social networking website for list makers. Lisa is Korean American. She lives in Los Angeles, California. She earned her B.A. at UC Berkeley, and earned postgraduate degrees from both Mills College and CSU East Bay. She also served as a teacher for over twelve years.

 Her work has been covered by Conde-Nast Traveler, Buzzfeed, Elle UK, Woman's Day, CNN, Daily Mail, Nylon, Lifehacker, Alternative Press, Discovery Channel, Teen Vogue, The Boston Globe, USA Today, Huffington Post, Yahoo, Wired Magazine, Shape Magazine, Boing Boing and more. 
Explore the different Listography journals --there's a theme for everyone: Travel, Spirit, Literary, Music, Film, Parenthood, Kids, Original, Future, Friends, Food, and mor