Book
of Me,
From A to Z!
Book of Me
Topics by the Letter
©
Angie Pedersen and Tammy Thomas
The next time you’re wondering what page to do in
your Book of Me, just turn to the alphabet!
There are hundreds (at least!) of possible topics!
Consider
these questions when looking through these lists:
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How
am I _____?
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What
is my greatest ______?
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What
is my favorite _____?
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What
was my most memorable _____?
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How
do I experience _____ in my life now?
How have I experienced it in the past?
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What/Who
does ____ make me think of?
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What
makes me _____? |
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Who
have I done this with/to/for?
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A:
achievements, addictions, abundance, attitudes, athletic(s), ancestors,
arguments, April fools pranks, angels, appointments, authors you like,
art, abilities, anger (what makes you angry), activities, appreciation,
adventure/adventuresome, advice, alienation, advantages, actors, art,
activist, allusive, admiration, allegiance, agreements, adulthood, amazing
(things that amaze, puzzle, intrigue you), assumptions, attraction, argue,
age, army, arrest, aspire/aspirations, auditions, automobiles,
anniversaries
B:
brothers, best friends, beliefs, beauty, bereavements, ballet, baptism,
birthdays, birth, bravery, bowling, baseball, babies, boys, beginnings,
bonds, baking, breathless, blessings, band, braces, breaks (bones or
heart), books, bedroom, brands (of clothing, food, your grandfather used
on his cows), bother/bug (things that),
bible (favorite verses), board games (what did you play growing
up), blind dates, bad dates, boredom, broken (engagements, promises,
hearts, items), balance (what do you do to keep balance in your life),
boats, bicycle (was it built for 2), beach, black licorice, bragging
rights, babysitter
C:
classes, colors, cars, career, character, choices, chances, camp, college,
coincidences, challenges, crying, cravings, creativity, changes, cheers,
courage, children, crushes, Christmas, Christmas ornaments, childhood,
celebrations, cousins, cleaning tips, contagious (what about you is
contagious?), comic books/strips, complete, compare & contrast, choir,
cartoons, community, candy, cats, can’t, can-do, court (judicial or
wooing), chat, clutter, chaos, comfort, charity, collections, charisma,
catastrophes, claims, company (are you good company, do you like having
company over), creation, cook(ing), chores, conditions, companion, cast,
compliment, cure, chance, cycles, cares, chocolate, country, city,
control/controlling, compassion/compassionate, circumstances, christening
(blessing),
D:
determination, diligence, daring moments, duty, dogs, dimples, delight
(what delights you?), dedication, drastic, darts, daft, Dancing, diving,
divinity, Dreams, desires, degrees, death, daddy, daughter, diary,
December, depression, direction, decade (which has been your favorite?),
Drive-In, drama, decisions, dating, danger, defining moment, Diva, details
(are the “little” one’s important to you, how much attention to you
pay to them?), diamond, daily life, disagreements, delays, dues,
deadlines, due dates, doodling, diapers, dinner, deliver, domestic,
delegate, demands, demanding, darling, dare, draft, disguised,
differences, difficulties, down town, delivery
E:
Exercise, extra-mural, events, entertainment, easy bake oven, Easter,
engagements, encounters, eavesdropping (things overheard, you shouldn't
have heard), eating, e-mail, experience, earth, education, examples, ego,
esteem, every day, errands, emotions, Elders, elementary school,
enchantment, engaged, ER (hospital/Dr. visits), ethics, entitled, era
(were you born in the right one?), example, embarrassing moment(s),
earnings, eccentricities, errors, Elvis, eyes, excited (what do you get
excited about), eagle scout, easy (what does/doesn’t come easy for
you?), electricity, elegance, expression, expectations, elope
F:
Friendship, family, family tree, funny, forever, feminine, favorites,
food, fate, fear, faith, fable, feelings, February, firsts, flowers, fame,
famous (people you admire), flight, foreign, feuds, frustration, freedoms,
fairy tale, forensics, furniture, fashion, flaws, fragrances (you like,
that remind you of something), foolish (what foolish decisions have you
made), fights (for a good cause), forgiveness, fever, flying, facts, fire,
frogs, felines, fake, flood, flea markets, fast food, failure, feisty
G:
Garden, games, girlfriends, grief, giving, glory, God, graduation, gowns,
grandfather, god-parents, grandmother, guilt, growing/growth, going,
goals, gratitude, glasses, genetics, gifts, goofy, goodness, guidance (who
do you go to for guidance), gripes, groups (you belong to), guests, grace,
gamble, gatherings, good sport
H:
horses, husband, honeymoon, Halloween, Hanukkah, house, happy thoughts,
Hawaii, hockey, heart, hospital, Hilarious moments, hunting, hat,
handsome, hammer, hand, hero, hide, hobby, honesty, hope, honey,
hysterical, home, heaven, highlights, horrible,
horrible-no-good-very-bad-day, haven, holiday, haircuts/styles,
hesitation, heirloom, habits (good and/or bad), historical events, honors,
home-made, heroine, happiness (what is it?), health, humor, horoscope,
healing, hand made, hide-outs, highway, hype, hindsight, home, home
improvements, handyman, hobbies, hurricane
I:
Ice-cream, Identity, internet, irritable, impatient, interesting,
involved, irresistible, innuendo, idol, impish, idylls, infatuation,
instrument (musical), intellectual, invisible, inspire, influential,
indulgence, imagination, indecision, ideas, impressions, intense,
intervene, interviews, ignorant, idealist, injury, intimacy, inventions
J:
June, jump, jam, jealous, jelly, just because, jewels, jandels
(Australian), judge, jest, junior, journaling, joy, junk, joke, journey,
juggle (what things do you juggle in your life), jury duty, jello, jive
(hand), jalopy, junk yard, jam (traffic), jail, juicy (secrets you’ve
kept), jobs,
K:
Kiwi, key, kindergarten, knowledge, kindness, kin, keepsakes, kindred,
kiss, kissin' cousins, kith, kilt, kismet, karma, Karaoke, kites, kitchen,
karaoke, kissing tag
L:
love, little ladies, ladybugs, laughing, limits, laundry, lunches,
letters, little things, laughter, lost and found, leisure, lovely, lap,
lilting, loneliness, lessons (learned, piano, baton, dance), landmarks,
light, library, lies/ lying, language(s) (you speak, would like to learn),
legs, leftovers, leaving, losing, lemons/lemonade, learning, loving, lazy,
lines (where do you draw the line on things), lists, loyalty, luck, lucky
number, legacy, legal, long life
M:
marriage, mommy/momma/mother/mother – in - law, money, museums,
moments/momentous, mementos, misfit, malls, males, meat, microphone (how
you feel in front of one), mighty, marvelous, miracle, misty, mystery,
magic, men, mine, misery, moonstruck, music, manners, mental health,
milestones, morning person, message boards, mourning, movies, mentor,
money, motto, mudpies, marathon, mission, modern conveniences/technology,
mirrors, machinery, miles, (you’ve driven, between friends/family), meal
ticket, makeshift, make – due, mischief, market, meetings,
misunderstood, mortgage, museum, missed (opportunities), match maker,
mountains/molehills, make believe, mysteries, marriage
N:
neglect: things you neglect, being neglected; nerves, neat, nest egg, nest
(leaving the nest, dealing with “empty nest”) nature, natural (what
comes naturally to you?), name/nickname/namesake, neighbors/neighborhood,
nosey, never: things you've never done, would never do; night, nebulous,
nesting, new, need, nervous, news, niece, nephew, nostalgia, nursing,
nation, natal, naval, navel (are you an innie or an outie?), nightowl, no,
new, necklace, north, near – sighted, naďve, noon, nickel, niche,
O:
opportunity, option, octagonal, open, outdoors, opera, observations,
opinions, outings, Oprah (or other favorite talk show), other (how are you
an “Other” or “Outsider”? Or
when have you felt like this?), optimism, overextended, old, order,
organized, obsession, over-do/due, oranges, over-look, outlook, outbreak,
on (the outside looking in), order, overlooked (opportunities)
P:
preponderance, preppy, portion, partner, passion, playful, pillow,
preposterous, preparation, police, perfection, promises, parties,
pastimes, path, people, personal, photography, places (what 5 places can
illustrate your life?), play, pride, pessimism, panic,
practical/pragmatic, problems, professional, phobias, progress (how do you
define progress, or how are you a Work in Progress?), public vs. private
persona, pissed off, politics, protest, parent, Prom, power, pregnant,
protect, prayer, piercings, purses, packrat, portrait, pet-peeves, ponder,
private, personal, peace, paths (not taken), proud, pickles, Parcheesi,
purchases, porches, pastor, pain/painful, Pollyanna (attitude), pretty,
parents/parenting, pinochle, preach, personality, pies, pen pals,
procrastinate, peers, playmate, peer pressure, possession, precious,
pretend, pretense, part-time, proposals, peace keeper, projects (finished
and not finished), permission, panic, prejudice, proper, pleasures,
perfection, playground, pulling taffy, pills, pioneer
Q:
qualifications, quiet, quirks, quest, questions, qualms, quotes, quilt,
quality, queen, query, quart jar, quaint, quick, qualities, quarantine,
R:
righteous, ready, realistic, running, reasonable, reckless, random, rowdy,
retail-goddess, refreshing, resourceful, romantic, riches, rantings, rest,
reassurances, retreats, restaurants, rush, right now, role-model, relax,
recipe, reluctant, road not taken, rain, reading, radio, rumors (about
you), roses, rental, reveal, rebel, railroad, races, reason(s), remedies,
(home, remedy to a problem), rules, routine, rush, renewal,
react/reactions, resume, resemblance, raised (how were you raised),
rashes, rings, residence, relationships, respect, raising a family,
religion
S:
smart, serious, sh***y, stubborn, sensitive, sentimental, silly, shells,
sea, sand, summer, spring, sharing, self worth, sports, supper, swapping,
scrapbooking, solo, sprains, seeds, size, shopping, sensual, smells,
stress, success, speechless, Super Woman Syndrome, strength, smile,
sports, singing/songs, school, sledding, siblings, supernatural, space,
service, Scripture, snow, secret, surprise, scouts (girl or boy), Santa
Claus, saint, security, style, shoes, shore, salute, salutations,
support/supportive, scandal, sleep, spirit, sun (shine, burn), scrape,
spank, spunk, spirited, soul, soul-mate, solve, strive, shape (what has
shaped the person you are), secret sister/pal/admirer, symbols, scary,
someday, skeletons (in your closet), sorority, shy, speeches, snail mail,
storms, space, stars, sunrise, surroundings, special, snapshots, scenery,
serendipity, surreal, senses, struggles, skills, strangers, spice,
spelling, signs, shadows, sometimes, sounds, statistics, skinny dipping,
slumber parties, scares
T:
thoughtful, tenacious, timid, trustworthy, trying, temptations, turmoil,
trading, trees, thoughts, today, tomorrow, time, tests, tame, thorough,
tips, taking turns, teaching, teachers, trips, therapy, TV shows, tribute,
tradition, telephone, taboo, tattoo, talents, tornado, treasure, travel,
toys, trouble, teeth (dental work, loosing teeth, Tooth Fairy), trials,
trust, taste, temple, theater, thankful, theory, traits, tree house,
turning points, timeless, tamper, temper, tiny, tenacity, task, tornado,
torment, territory, training, try-outs, tourist, touring, torture (what
would be torture to you?), tales, treats, transparent, truth/truthful,
tease, team, teamwork, tears, travel, tarnished (reputation, heirloom)
tea, tall, trouble maker, town, teenager, testimony, transportation,
thrifty
U:
unique, unusual, understanding, upsets, urgent, un-equal, ugly, urban, us,
Utopia, united, un-tidy, ultra sound, unbelievable, Utopia, ungrateful,
useful, unfinished business, uncomfortable
V:
vibrant, vocal, vivacious, vacation, valiant, vandal, victory, visual,
values, Valentine, validate, vehicles, violin, valuable, ventures,
vulnerable, voice, verse, vineyard, vase, vitality, vacation, vices,
views, vegetarian
W:
whimsical, witty, will, wacky, wonderful, willful, wrong, worry, water,
wistful, watchful, work, world, weakness, weight (bleh!), war, wallflower,
work, wedding, wonder, weird, woes, windfall, wine, whine, weather, wish,
warranty, worthy, worth, weary, wives tales, women, warnings, wrecks,
worldly, words, washing, windows, world events, water fights
X:
eXtraordinary, eXcellent, exciting, exotic, X-rays
Y:
Young, youthful, years, youth, yearning, yawning, yesterday, yes, yack,
yellow, yard sales
Z:
zesty, zany, zealous, zeal, zoo, zero
So, the next
time you hit a slump, just look to the alphabet for all the inspiration
you’ll need for a great topic for your Book of Me!
This list has been compiled with
the help of forum members at ScrapAngels.com.
Thank you to all those people who have contributed.
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