Life In Six Words
December 3, 2008
I was originally going to write about "details" in writing, but then picked up my USA Today and read Craig Wilson's column. Apparently Smith Magazine did a piece a while back asking famous and not-so-famous people to sum up their life in six words. Now there's a book out from Harper called "Not Quite What I Was Planning," that expands on the concept (with a 6-word title no less, which aptly describes most of our lives, I suspect).
Examples:
"Well, I thought it was funny." --Stephen Colbert
"Followed yellow brick road. Disappointment ensued." --Kelsey Ochs
"I wrote it all down somewhere." --Ben Greenman
"Never really finished anything, except cake." --Carletta Perkins
"Secret of life: Marry an Italian." --Nora Ephron
So, what about me? Well, given that it will change from day to day, the one that I came up with was:
Tried hard not to have regrets.
How about you?
Cheers,
Mark Terry
posted by Mark Terry at 6:05 AM
14 Comments:
Always got more than I deserved.
Jude,
Good one.
Easily distracted, very eclectic.
Wow . . . Kath did it in four words!!!
Writer, mother, always chaotic, never bored.
Right now, my life seems to be:
Must write faster; must work harder.
Speaking of which...
What do you mean, time's up?
It could ALWAYS be worse.
Jeez,
Kath in 4, David in 5.
self-possessed, both curse and blessing
Again, please.
I have it yet to live.
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