Six Word Memoirs
Just finished reading this book "Not Quite What I Was Planning", a collection of six word memoirs. Wish I had come up with some of them myself. Some were so #storyofmylife that I ended up copy+pasting about 60% of the book. Luckily it is not a very long book. Well, here they are, under the cut. Enjoy!
What's your six word memoir?
Extremely responsible, secretly longed for spontaneity. -Sabra Jennings
Almost a victim of my family. -Chuck Sangster
Painful nerd kid, happy nerd adult. -Linda Williamson
Tombstone won’t say “had health insurance.” -Dean Haspiel
Oldest of five. Four degrees. Broke. -Kaitlin Walsh
Alive 38 years, feels like 83. -Bryan Lowry
Followed white rabbit. Became black sheep. -Gabrielle Maconi
Nerdy girl smutmonger. Now, baby fever. -Rachel Kramer Bussel
Recent doctorate means overeducated and underemployed. -Philip Sternberg
Taking a lifetime to grow up. -Mirona Iliescu
Strange name. Transparent shame. Instant fame. -Bumble Ward
Birth, childhood, adolescence, adolescence, adolescence, adolescence... -Jim Gladstone
Happiest when ignoring huge financial debt. -Ayanna Bryan
I threw away my teddy bear. -Margot Loren
Mistakes were made, but smarter now. -Christine Triano
Likes everything too much to choose. -Rachel Lindenthal
I thought I was someone else. -Tysa Goodrich
Yes to every date, met mate. -Maria Dahvana Headley
I drank too much last night. -Meg McIntyre
I like big butts, can’t lie. -Dave Russ
I hope to outlive my regrets. -Bob Logan
Tragic childhood can lead to wisdom. -Kristin Ahlemeier-Olfe
Sweet wife, good sons- I’m rich. -Roger Waggener
I recognize red flags faster, now. -Barbara Burri
Nothing profound, I just sat around. -Daniel Rosenburg
Found true love, married someone else. -Bjorn Stromberg
Being a monk stunk. Better gay. -Bob Redman
Happiness is a warm salami sandwich. -Stanley Bing
Blogging is easy. Writing is hard. -Jennifer Shreve
Quit Uni, have baby, now bored. -Samantha Ng
Fix a toilet, get paid crap. -Jennifer James
Should have used condom that time. -Rob Bigelow
Macular degeneration. Didn’t see that coming. -Ian Gould
Life goal: Maximum results, minimal effort. -Phil Kahn
Slightly psychotic, in a good way. -Patricia Neelty
No words can describe my life. -John Baldridge
I wrote it all down somewhere. -Ben Greenman
My life’s a bunch of almosts. -Shari Bonnin
Struggled with how the mind works. -Steven Pinker
It’s not you. It’s me. Honest. -Allison Glock
Thought I would have more impact. -Kevin Clark
Found great happiness in insignificant details. -Alisdair McDiarmid
Hiding in apartment knitting against depression. -Laurie White
Dabbler in much, expert in none. -Joan Cady
Batteries are cheap. Who needs men? -Rebecca McLenna
I am awfully bored at work. -Chris Ponchak
Learned reading, writing, forgot arithmetic. -Elizabeth Gruner
Lucky in love, unlucky in metabolism. -Leah Weathersby
Glass half full; pockets half empty. -Marina Guthrie
No Wife. No Kids. No Problems. -Rip Riley
You are all in my imagination. -Becky Weinberg
Oh sweet nectar of life, coffee. -Daniel Axenty
It’s pretty high. You go first. -Alan Eagle
I served my debt to society. -Michael Frisch
Young optimist: proven wrong. Prematurely old. -Buzzy Porter
It was worth it, I think. -Annette Laitinen
People always pronounce my name incorrectly. -Linnea Jimison
I was never the pretty one. -Joan Nesbit Mabe
Born at 23, childhood doesn’t count. -Krissy Karol
Perpetual work in progress, need editor. -Sherry Fuqua-Gilson
I was the only planned sibling. -Mary Sebas
Memory was my drug of choice. -Pea Hicks
Liars, hysterectomy didn’t improve sex life! -Joan Rivers
Never lived up to my potential. -Leslie Sterling
Carbohydrates call my name every day. -Mary Petersdorf
Never really finished anything, except cake. -Carletta Perkins
I’m just here for the beer. -Alex Vournas
Torrential tryst. Terrible twins. Tied tubes. -M. Brenner
Left a desert for a wasteland. -James Slone
Chinese? American? Chinese-American? The confusion endures. -Paul Chin
I colored outside of the lines. -Jacob Thomas
Without me, it is just aweso. -Chris Madigan
I managed not to destroy anything. -Tucker Frazier
Saw the world; now where’s home? -Hannah Silverstein
Arms: full. Life: not so much. -Renee James
Six kids; life stranger than fiction! -Deborah Carson
He left me for good eventually. -Audrie Lawrence
Liberal at 18. Conservative by 40. -Pat Ryan
Legs spread, I withheld my intelligence. -Christine Granados
My daughter’s baby, inconvenient and incredible. -Laurie White
Alone at home, cat on lap. -Christopher Goldthwaite
Poet locked in body of contractor. -Marilyn Hencken
Not Quite what I Was Planning I answer to the name Mom. -Lynne Chesterton
Waited too long to get it. -Rhona Yolkut
Eat drink man man man man. -Michael Musto
Nobel dad; tough act to follow! -Andreas Wettstein
Laughter and inappropriate humor since 1985. -Annie Jacobson
Same Mistakes. Over and over again. -Matthew Oransky
Still trying to impress my dad. -Shoshana Berger
Working with what God gave me. -David Schmoyer
Lived like no tomorrow; tomorrow came. -C. C. Keiser
Let’s just be friends, she said. -Mike Pfaffroth
Often alone, office drone, feisty crone. -Patty Quickert
Became my mother. Please shoot me. -Cynthia Kaplan
Revenge is living well, without you. -Joyce Carol Oates
Someone had to pay the bills. -David Kuizenga
Didn’t fit in then; still don’t. -Bob Fingerman
Lazy Renaissance man settles for dilettantism. -Bradley Lyons
Cheated organizational systems but never people. -Ryan Bright
Tried everything once, few things twice. -Ed Zevetski
Was father, boys died, still sad. -Ronald Zalewski
Just in: boyfriend’s gay. Merry Christmas. -Seshie Hargett
Educated too much, lived too little. -Dan Vance
Seeking route, not sure of destination. -Gary Belsky
Serial missed connections end with you. -Liz Brown-Inz
Should have learned to count. -David Wheatley
Still a very bad Mormon. Yay! -Marsha Brown
Once was blind. Now I see. -David Hansen
Good things happen to bad people. -Michael Malice
Thank god the suicide attempt failed. -Rhett Miller
Never going to have a dog. -Lily Redman
Asked to quiet down; spoke louder. -Wendy Lee
Catholic girl. Jersey. It’s all true. -Mary Elizabeth Williams
Still waiting for you to ask. -Alice Massey
Mmm, tea. So stereotypical. Rule Britannia! -Paul O’Brien
She read too much… into everything. -Jessica Reed
Made some good choices, got lucky. -Matthew Kett
Right brain working left brain job. -Dave Terry
Affection. Erection. No protection. Injection. Infection. -Colleen Zachary
We were married in the snow. -Polly and Andrew McLean
Awkward girl takes chances. Fun ensues. -Charlotte Riley
The light that night was perfect. -Lara Swimmer
Became more like myself every year. -Eddie Sulimirski
Old and married. Hot classmates. Sigh. -Bill Johnson
Nerdy, wordy, learned to shut up. -Caren Lissner
Adolescence, internet, internet, internet, internet, death. -Josh Rosenfield
We were each other’s favorite person. -Montana diLemonada
Must remember: people, gadgets. That order. -Brian Lam
Realized childhood dream doesn’t pay bills. -Nicole Williams
Just a rockin’ readin’ knittin’ kitten. -Emmeline Friedman
Most successful accomplishments based on spite. -Scott Birch
What's your six word memoir?
Extremely responsible, secretly longed for spontaneity. -Sabra Jennings
Almost a victim of my family. -Chuck Sangster
Painful nerd kid, happy nerd adult. -Linda Williamson
Tombstone won’t say “had health insurance.” -Dean Haspiel
Oldest of five. Four degrees. Broke. -Kaitlin Walsh
Alive 38 years, feels like 83. -Bryan Lowry
Followed white rabbit. Became black sheep. -Gabrielle Maconi
Nerdy girl smutmonger. Now, baby fever. -Rachel Kramer Bussel
Recent doctorate means overeducated and underemployed. -Philip Sternberg
Taking a lifetime to grow up. -Mirona Iliescu
Strange name. Transparent shame. Instant fame. -Bumble Ward
Birth, childhood, adolescence, adolescence, adolescence, adolescence... -Jim Gladstone
Happiest when ignoring huge financial debt. -Ayanna Bryan
I threw away my teddy bear. -Margot Loren
Mistakes were made, but smarter now. -Christine Triano
Likes everything too much to choose. -Rachel Lindenthal
I thought I was someone else. -Tysa Goodrich
Yes to every date, met mate. -Maria Dahvana Headley
I drank too much last night. -Meg McIntyre
I like big butts, can’t lie. -Dave Russ
I hope to outlive my regrets. -Bob Logan
Tragic childhood can lead to wisdom. -Kristin Ahlemeier-Olfe
Sweet wife, good sons- I’m rich. -Roger Waggener
I recognize red flags faster, now. -Barbara Burri
Nothing profound, I just sat around. -Daniel Rosenburg
Found true love, married someone else. -Bjorn Stromberg
Being a monk stunk. Better gay. -Bob Redman
Happiness is a warm salami sandwich. -Stanley Bing
Blogging is easy. Writing is hard. -Jennifer Shreve
Quit Uni, have baby, now bored. -Samantha Ng
Fix a toilet, get paid crap. -Jennifer James
Should have used condom that time. -Rob Bigelow
Macular degeneration. Didn’t see that coming. -Ian Gould
Life goal: Maximum results, minimal effort. -Phil Kahn
Slightly psychotic, in a good way. -Patricia Neelty
No words can describe my life. -John Baldridge
I wrote it all down somewhere. -Ben Greenman
My life’s a bunch of almosts. -Shari Bonnin
Struggled with how the mind works. -Steven Pinker
It’s not you. It’s me. Honest. -Allison Glock
Thought I would have more impact. -Kevin Clark
Found great happiness in insignificant details. -Alisdair McDiarmid
Hiding in apartment knitting against depression. -Laurie White
Dabbler in much, expert in none. -Joan Cady
Batteries are cheap. Who needs men? -Rebecca McLenna
I am awfully bored at work. -Chris Ponchak
Learned reading, writing, forgot arithmetic. -Elizabeth Gruner
Lucky in love, unlucky in metabolism. -Leah Weathersby
Glass half full; pockets half empty. -Marina Guthrie
No Wife. No Kids. No Problems. -Rip Riley
You are all in my imagination. -Becky Weinberg
Oh sweet nectar of life, coffee. -Daniel Axenty
It’s pretty high. You go first. -Alan Eagle
I served my debt to society. -Michael Frisch
Young optimist: proven wrong. Prematurely old. -Buzzy Porter
It was worth it, I think. -Annette Laitinen
People always pronounce my name incorrectly. -Linnea Jimison
I was never the pretty one. -Joan Nesbit Mabe
Born at 23, childhood doesn’t count. -Krissy Karol
Perpetual work in progress, need editor. -Sherry Fuqua-Gilson
I was the only planned sibling. -Mary Sebas
Memory was my drug of choice. -Pea Hicks
Liars, hysterectomy didn’t improve sex life! -Joan Rivers
Never lived up to my potential. -Leslie Sterling
Carbohydrates call my name every day. -Mary Petersdorf
Never really finished anything, except cake. -Carletta Perkins
I’m just here for the beer. -Alex Vournas
Torrential tryst. Terrible twins. Tied tubes. -M. Brenner
Left a desert for a wasteland. -James Slone
Chinese? American? Chinese-American? The confusion endures. -Paul Chin
I colored outside of the lines. -Jacob Thomas
Without me, it is just aweso. -Chris Madigan
I managed not to destroy anything. -Tucker Frazier
Saw the world; now where’s home? -Hannah Silverstein
Arms: full. Life: not so much. -Renee James
Six kids; life stranger than fiction! -Deborah Carson
He left me for good eventually. -Audrie Lawrence
Liberal at 18. Conservative by 40. -Pat Ryan
Legs spread, I withheld my intelligence. -Christine Granados
My daughter’s baby, inconvenient and incredible. -Laurie White
Alone at home, cat on lap. -Christopher Goldthwaite
Poet locked in body of contractor. -Marilyn Hencken
Not Quite what I Was Planning I answer to the name Mom. -Lynne Chesterton
Waited too long to get it. -Rhona Yolkut
Eat drink man man man man. -Michael Musto
Nobel dad; tough act to follow! -Andreas Wettstein
Laughter and inappropriate humor since 1985. -Annie Jacobson
Same Mistakes. Over and over again. -Matthew Oransky
Still trying to impress my dad. -Shoshana Berger
Working with what God gave me. -David Schmoyer
Lived like no tomorrow; tomorrow came. -C. C. Keiser
Let’s just be friends, she said. -Mike Pfaffroth
Often alone, office drone, feisty crone. -Patty Quickert
Became my mother. Please shoot me. -Cynthia Kaplan
Revenge is living well, without you. -Joyce Carol Oates
Someone had to pay the bills. -David Kuizenga
Didn’t fit in then; still don’t. -Bob Fingerman
Lazy Renaissance man settles for dilettantism. -Bradley Lyons
Cheated organizational systems but never people. -Ryan Bright
Tried everything once, few things twice. -Ed Zevetski
Was father, boys died, still sad. -Ronald Zalewski
Just in: boyfriend’s gay. Merry Christmas. -Seshie Hargett
Educated too much, lived too little. -Dan Vance
Seeking route, not sure of destination. -Gary Belsky
Serial missed connections end with you. -Liz Brown-Inz
Should have learned to count. -David Wheatley
Still a very bad Mormon. Yay! -Marsha Brown
Once was blind. Now I see. -David Hansen
Good things happen to bad people. -Michael Malice
Thank god the suicide attempt failed. -Rhett Miller
Never going to have a dog. -Lily Redman
Asked to quiet down; spoke louder. -Wendy Lee
Catholic girl. Jersey. It’s all true. -Mary Elizabeth Williams
Still waiting for you to ask. -Alice Massey
Mmm, tea. So stereotypical. Rule Britannia! -Paul O’Brien
She read too much… into everything. -Jessica Reed
Made some good choices, got lucky. -Matthew Kett
Right brain working left brain job. -Dave Terry
Affection. Erection. No protection. Injection. Infection. -Colleen Zachary
We were married in the snow. -Polly and Andrew McLean
Awkward girl takes chances. Fun ensues. -Charlotte Riley
The light that night was perfect. -Lara Swimmer
Became more like myself every year. -Eddie Sulimirski
Old and married. Hot classmates. Sigh. -Bill Johnson
Nerdy, wordy, learned to shut up. -Caren Lissner
Adolescence, internet, internet, internet, internet, death. -Josh Rosenfield
We were each other’s favorite person. -Montana diLemonada
Must remember: people, gadgets. That order. -Brian Lam
Realized childhood dream doesn’t pay bills. -Nicole Williams
Just a rockin’ readin’ knittin’ kitten. -Emmeline Friedman
Most successful accomplishments based on spite. -Scott Birch