How To Find Stories Anywhere With The Story Archaeology Process
How far and long are you willing to dig to find a good story?
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Take the pictures.
That’s what this one father told me.
My wife and son were practicing putting on the resort putting green.
My daughter was goofing around.
I was sitting there collecting my thoughts and writing one of these posts.
He saw us and came up to me.
With his son and carrying clubs, he said:
“Take the pictures. I never want to, but my wife does. In 20 years, you’ll want the pictures. So, take the pictures.”
We smiled at each other.
And I told him I would.
As they walked away, I exited out of my Notion app. And took a photo of my wife.
On her hands and knees.
In her favorite Lily Pulitzer dress.
Being as involved as any mother could be.
As my son putts and daughter exudes joy.
Take the pictures.
How To Find Stories Anywhere With The Story Archaeology Process
Stories are everywhere.
Never think you’re at a loss for stories.
I can tell you that having experienced this past week with my family.
We went to the PGA resort in Palm Beach, FL. It was for the Junior Tour for Under Armour. My son qualified for the 6 to 8 age group.
You learn quickly that talent helps.
But, it’s not everything.
You get everyone’s story—and determine how you measure up.
It was certainly eye opening for my wife and I.
We left deciding to recommit to help our son—who also wants to continue training even harder.
He’s hungry to be a champion.
And that’s a story he’ll get to tell one day—either way.
Allow me to introduce the full concept of my Story Archaeology approach:
Story Mining: looking inward
Story Observing: looking outward
Story Exploring: looking elsewhere
Story Mining would be telling a story from your childhood or another period in your life. It’s typically a lesson that you learned from an important, self-defining experience.
Story Observing can also be something you lived but the story and experience is really someone else’s. You instead observe the situation and gain from the lessons learned by others.
Then, finally, it’s Story Exploring. This is where you actively search for good stories. These aren’t stories you experienced yourself.
Instead, you find them through exploring online, your community or neighborhood, through podcasts, books, newspapers, and any resource you can conceive.
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I hope it gets you thinking!
That’s all for now.
God bless ☦️