Looking Back to Move Forward

Why the End of the Year Is the Perfect Time to Start Your Biography As the end of the year rolls around, there’s nothing more natural than reflecting on the past twelve months and pondering the decisions you made, the events that played out, and the lessons you learned. But what if you took it a step further, and instead of just reflecting on the last year, you reflected on the last 30, 40, or 50 years? If you’ve been considering writing a memoir, this is the perfect time to take advantage of that natural introspection and start getting your story down on paper.  A Season for Reflection There’s something about holidays and significant events that turns us to the past. I’m reminded of a time I witnessed just that while at a Bar Mitzvah. My cousin was holding it for his grandson, and this was no ordinary cousin or…