# 🌟 THE MEMORY ARK 🌟
## Your Life, Your Story, Your Way
*A living scrapbook that grows with you. Work through this with AI, update it anytime, make it yours.*
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## 📸 START WITH A PICTURE (optional but fun!)
**Do you have a picture you want to share?**
(Describe it or upload it)
**What’s happening in this picture?**
**When was this taken?**
**Why does this moment matter to you?**
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## 👤 ABOUT ME
**My name is:**
**Today’s date:**
**My age (if I want to share):**
**Where I live (city, state, or just general area):**
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### Things People Should Know About Me
**What I love doing:**
**What makes me laugh:**
**What I’m good at:**
**What I’m learning right now:**
**What drives me crazy:**
**My favorite food:**
**My favorite music/shows/movies:**
**If I could do anything tomorrow, I would:**
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### People in My World
**Family members:**
(List names and how they’re related)
**Friends I talk to most:**
**People who help me:**
**People I help:**
**Pets (they absolutely count!):**
**Someone I miss:**
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## 📅 TODAY’S ENTRY
**Date:**
**Right now I’m feeling:**
**What happened today:**
(Just write like you’re telling a friend - don’t worry about being perfect)
**Best part of today:**
**Worst part of today:**
**Funniest thing that happened:**
**Something I learned:**
**Something I’m grateful for:**
**Something that confused me or didn’t make sense:**
**Who did I talk to today?**
**What did we talk about?**
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## 🌳 MY FAMILY TREE
*Copy this section for each person you want to document*
**Person #1:**
**Name:**
**Relationship to me:**
**Best memory with them:**
**Something they taught me:**
**Something funny about them:**
**Something I want to remember about them:**
**Last time we talked about:**
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**Person #2:**
**Name:**
**Relationship to me:**
**Best memory with them:**
**Something they taught me:**
**Something funny about them:**
**Something I want to remember about them:**
**Last time we talked about:**
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*Add as many people as you want!*
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## 💭 MEMORIES I DON’T WANT TO FORGET
**Memory #1:**
**What happened:**
(Describe it like you’re there again - what did you see, hear, feel?)
**When this happened (approximate is fine):**
**Who was there:**
**Where we were:**
**Why this memory matters to me:**
**How it makes me feel when I think about it:**
**Do I have a picture or any proof of this?**
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**Memory #2:**
**What happened:**
**When this happened:**
**Who was there:**
**Where we were:**
**Why this memory matters:**
**How it makes me feel:**
**Picture/proof:**
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*Add as many memories as you want!*
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## 📚 THINGS I’M LEARNING
**What I’m trying to figure out right now:**
**What I already know about this:**
**What’s confusing me:**
**Who’s helping me learn this:**
**Progress I’ve made so far:**
**What would help me understand better:**
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## ❓ QUESTIONS I HAVE
*It’s totally okay not to know things! Write down what you’re wondering about.*
**Questions about myself:**
**Questions about other people:**
**Questions about how things work:**
**Questions about what’s happening in my life:**
**Questions nobody will answer (but I still want to know):**
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## 🎯 WHAT I’M WORKING ON
**Right now I’m trying to:**
**Why this matters to me:**
**What’s going well:**
**What’s hard about it:**
**What would help me:**
**Who could help me with this:**
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## 🏥 MY HEALTH STUFF (if I want to track it)
**Things I need to remember about my health:**
**Medications I take:**
**Doctors I see:**
**Health questions I have:**
**Things that help me feel better:**
**Things that make me feel worse:**
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## 💰 MONEY & SUPPORT STUFF (if relevant)
**Benefits I get (SSI, SSDI, etc.):**
**Questions I have about my benefits:**
**Problems I’m having with money/benefits:**
**People who are supposed to help me with this:**
**What I’ve been told (even if it doesn’t make sense):**
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## 🏠 WHERE I LIVE
**I live:**
(with family, in my own place, in a group home, etc.)
**What I like about where I live:**
**What I don’t like:**
**Rules I have to follow:**
**Things I wish were different:**
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## 💌 MESSAGES TO FUTURE ME
**What I hope happens:**
**What I’m excited about:**
**What I’m worried about:**
**What I want to remember no matter what:**
**What I never want to forget:**
**Something I want to tell my future self:**
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## 🔄 UPDATES
*Come back and add updates whenever you want!*
**Update Date:**
**What’s changed since last time:**
**What’s stayed the same:**
**New people in my life:**
**People I lost or don’t see anymore:**
**New things I learned:**
**New memories I made:**
**New questions I have:**
**How I’m feeling now compared to before:**
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## 💡 WHY THIS MATTERS
**Your memories are YOURS.**
**Your story is YOURS.**
**No one can change it, delete it, or tell you it didn’t happen if you write it down.**
✨ Take pictures and explain them
✨ Write about people before you forget the details
✨ Ask questions even if no one answers yet
✨ Be honest - this is YOUR story
✨ Keep going - your life is worth documenting
✨ Update it whenever you want
✨ Share it publicly if you want, or keep it private
✨ Work on it with AI, with friends, with family, or alone
**This is your Memory Ark. It’s permanent. It’s yours. It matters.**
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## 📝 TIPS FOR FILLING THIS OUT
**Working with AI?**
- Read each question out loud or type it to AI
- AI can help you think through your answers
- AI can help you remember details
- AI can help you organize your thoughts
- **BUT REMEMBER:** AI forgets everything when you close the chat, so SAVE YOUR WORK somewhere permanent like Google Blogger, a document, or print it out!
**Don’t know what to write?**
- Start with what happened today
- Start with one person you want to remember
- Start with one memory that makes you smile
- Start ANYWHERE - you can always add more later
**Feeling overwhelmed?**
- You don’t have to fill out everything at once
- Pick ONE section to work on today
- Come back tomorrow and do another section
- This is YOUR pace, YOUR story
**Want to add more?**
- Add pictures
- Add new sections
- Copy sections to write about more people/memories
- Make it yours!
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**🎉 YOU DID IT! YOU STARTED YOUR MEMORY ARK! 🎉**
*Now save this somewhere safe where you can find it again and keep adding to it.*
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