How have other people's problems affected your life?
The answer to this question could be very extensive. You might be able to write a whole book about how other people's problems have affected your life. If you grew up with abusive parents, they affected your life. If your parents divorced, they affected your life. If your parents stayed happily married throughout their lives, they affected your life. If your spouse got a job in another city, it affected your life whether you moved with your spouse to the other city or whether you stayed by yourself where you were living. If your child used drugs or ended up in jail, it affects you. If you child graduates with honors from college, it affects you. Most of our lives are truly affected by other people. We may choose where to live because of other people such as elderly parents who need extra help, or wanting to be close to grandchildren. We may choose a career because we saw what it was like for someone else working in that line of work. We are influenced by other people in what we like, what we choose to do in our free time, what we choose to believe and in nearly every aspect of our lives.
Writing down what you did and why you did it will probably involve what someone else did and the influence they had on you. How other people have affected you is an important part of your story. Other people's influence on you can explain a lot of things in your life. Were your ancestors pioneers who traveled out west? Did their fortitude in establishing homes where there were no communities have an effect on your family that has been passed on to you? What about ancestors who were immigrants? Did their willingness to come to a new country affect your family? Did your family stay put in the same community or area for generations? How did that affect your family? Record the influence others have had on you in your life story.
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