However, if the school districts across the US deemed schools unsafe when there were only 1500 cases, then how could they open them when there are 3.5 million cases?

As Beck says, “In telling the story of how you became who you are, and of who you’re on your way to becoming, the story itself becomes a part of who you are”.

In Julie Beck’s article “Life’s Stories”, she talks early on about the expectations people have about their own lives. Becks states a common thought many people have; “It’s just not how I expected my life would be”.

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A life story is written in chalk, not ink, and it can be changed.

“It’s sort of like people put out a new version of themselves and lived their way into it,” Adler says.

“I’m the only person that I can rely on in my life because I’ve tried to rely on other people and I either get stabbed in the back or hurt, so I really know that I can only trust myself and rely on myself,”

If there wasn't some kind of uplifting, redemptive end to the story (beyond just the fact that they survived), “The listeners did not like that.”

finding a positive meaning in negative events is linked to a more complex sense of self and greater life satisfaction.

The redemption story is American optimism—things will get better!

Having redemption themes in one’s life story is generally associated with greater well-being, while contamination themes tend to coincide with poorer mental health.

f this approach were a blueprint for an Ikea desk instead of a life, almost everyone trying to follow it would end up with something wobbly and misshapen, with a few leftover bolts you find under the couch, boding ill for the structural integrity of the thing you built.

One such blueprint is your standard “go to school, graduate, get a job, get married, have kids.”

This is basically the premise of talk therapy

A listener “may give you other things to think about, or may acknowledge that this thing you thought was really bad is actually not a big deal

If someone is afraid of how people might react to a story, and they keep it to themselves, they’ll likely miss out on the enrichment that comes with a back-and-forth conversation.

One is that people tailor the stories they tell to their audiences and the context.

it’s completely lost on 18-year-olds

When you’re a kid, it’s mostly about plot,” McAdams says. “This happens and this happens. You’re not tuned into the idea that a character develops.” Thus, perhaps, the appeal of cartoon characters who never get older.

people are “actors.”

I have a child who can really take an hour to tell you about Minecraft.”

Möbius strip

“identifying lessons learned or insights gained in life experiences, marking development or growth through sequences of scenes, and showing how specific life episodes illustrate enduring truths about the self,”

different narratives for different realms of her life—career, romance, family, faith.

“The way we do that is by structuring our lives into stories.”

even if it’s not 100 percent universal to see life as a story, it’s at least extremely common.

that’s just how humans communicate

narrative arc

‘It’s just not how I expected my life would be,'