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The chapters of my life
I was listening to a podcast recently where they discussed how we all have various “chapters” in our lives, often only seen when looking back on them. I thought it’d be interesting to see how mine shake out so far.
I thought they might be tied to each time I’ve moved, and that’s certainly a factor, but I’ve moved 11 times in my life and really only have five chapters. The number of moves is a bit misleading because 8 of them happened in my 20’s (moving out of home, with friends, to an apartment, then a house, etc).
Here are my five chapters so far:
1976–1988
Birth through sixth grade. In sixth grade we moved across the state, met new friends, etc. Also, middle school is a pivotal time in many lives, and that seems like good place to call it a chapter break.
1988–1998
This was the rest of the time I lived at home. We moved across the state again in the middle of that, but it was less of a major shift. I was already in high school and was active in track and cross country, so that move wasn’t really a new chapter.
1998–2002
In 1998 I moved out of the house and down to Georgia, met my wife a few years later, and got married. Certainly a noteworthy chapter there.
