- A day I will always remember was …
- A funny thing happened when …
- When I was younger, I got in so much trouble when …
- One habit I’d like to change about myself is …
- Some things I take too seriously are …
- My craziest experience in a restaurant happened when …
- Something this organization really needs is …
- One think you’d never guess about me is …
- We all make mistakes, even me. One mistake I made was …
- Today I saw something good that should make the news, but it won’t …
- There was that one time I really put my foot in my mouth …
- Let me tell you about my kids …
- Let me tell you about my grandkids …
- Budgets – constricting or freeing?
- There’s the one thing I do differently than anyone else …
- You have a time machine. What time period do you travel to and why?
- There was a time when my family was really happy …
- Everytime I hear that one song, it reminds me of …
- What is the hardest truth you’ve ever learned?
- If history repeats itself, then …
- One skill I would love to master is …
- One story about me I’d never want my mother to read is …
- If my life were a newspaper or book title, it would be …
- My favorite holiday memory would be …
- The best advice my mother/father ever gave me was …
- I wish I had taken my mother/father’s advice to me in that situation because …
- When I think about love/anger/forgiveness/kindness/any emotion, this memory always pops up …
- The craziest conspiracy theory I’ve ever heard was …
- What I want more than anything in my life is …
- This one experience I had when I was younger changed everything about me …
- My first friend to die was …
- If I could throw five things into a fire and know they would be burned completely, gone forever, for no one to ever see, I would throw these things in that fire …
- The best meal I’ve ever eaten was so great because …
- I named my first pet ________ because …
- The one person who had the most impact on my life to date was …
- I had no idea I was discriminating against or stereotyping someone until this happened …
- The biggest “aha” moment I’ve ever experienced was when …
- I wish I could get over my addiction to …
- One lesson I wish I’d learned many years ago is …
- I am a _________________ eater because …
- When I am confronted with direct criticism, I respond ….
- One thing my friends would never suspect about me is …
- One time a fundamental belief I had was shaken happened when …
- I learned I was completely wrong about something when …
- One fear I can’t seem to get over is …
- My life was suddenly divided into “before” and “after” when this happened …
- The best book I’ve ever read was …
- Every time I hear this song, I’m immediately transported to this memory …
- One thing I’ll never quite trying to do is …
- I believe it’s important to see things from another point of view than just my own because …
- I think we should raise/lower the driving/drinking age because …
- My most precious childhood possession was …
- If I could return to this one moment from my past, I’d choose this one …
- Some things I wish I had known when I was a teenager are …
- I am most proud of …
- If I had the chance to talk to a groups of middle school kids about the future, I would tell them …
- The older generation can learn this from the younger generations …
- Something that made me feel more connected to my coworkers was …
- I love living in a city/the country/suburbs because …
- If I could move anywhere, I’d move to …
- My dream job would be …
- My dream home would be …
- If my house caught fire, the first things I would save would be …
Story Starters to Get You Thinking
Updated on December 29, 2022