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Welcome to week two of our Memoir Soiree! If you follow us on social media, you’ve been seeing our prompts all week. Here’s a roundup of the second week’s prompts.
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Week 2 Prompts
- What did you do with your first paycheck?
- How did you imagine working would be? How were you wrong?
- What have you done that you never thought you would do?
- What is great about your life right now?
- How has technology shaped your life?
- When was the last time you learned to do something new?
- What other careers would you have enjoyed?
- What does your pet peeve reveal about you?
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