Sum Yourself Up in Six Words!

I came across one of the coolest books the other day. It's called "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs." The basis of the book stems from Hemingway's shortest short story: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." The editors had both famous and "obscure" people write their memoirs is only six words, no more and no less.

I am simply intrigued by this idea. I think it's absolute genius. Here are some examples from others from the website linked above:

Married with children (and second thoughts.)

Hot tongue followed by cold shoulder.

Dogperson became catlady; now cat's gone.

Fifteen years of therapy for this?!

Missed today while planning for tomorrow.

Always wishing I was their dog.

Still love horses more than boys.

Brought it to a boil, often. ~Mario Batali

Thought I would have more impact.

Bad reputation. Such a good girl.

Ex-wife and contractor now have home.

Mistakenly kills kittens. Fears anything delicate.

After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.

Again, what a fantastic idea! Did you also notice that most of these six-word memoirs are sad? They just simply say so much even though they use so few words. Touching.

So I've been trying to think of what my six-word memoir would be. I came up with two that sort of sum up a large part of my adult-life, which for me, each says volumes. They are:

Still say "when I grow up."

In his bed, out the door.

Now I know that the 2nd one is a little risque, but the meaning is behind the words for me.

I started talking with my officemate about this, and we decided that it might at first be easier to sum up different periods of our lives in only six words. Here a few we came up with, and no, I won't tell you who wrote each one.

On pre-teen age:
Threw up at busstop. Everyone laughed.

On high school:
Fell in love; graduated number one.

On college:
Letting go of all I knew.
Finding true love. Finding it again.

On law school:
Left with degree, but mostly regrets.

On whole life in general:
Dreaming too much, thinking too little.

I now challenge you to come up with your very own six-word memoir. I then double dare you to share it with me! Have fun!