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It turns out that thinking about who you are, where you come from, and where you are going, is GOOD FOR YOU.
Writing about the future increased GPA by 25% and lowered dropout rate 25% at one university, and reduced the dropout rate by 50% at another.
At Rotterdam University, future authoring improved academic performance among lowest performing students, to outperform the best performing students.
Writing about the past can decrease cortisol levels in the long term (cortisol is a stress hormone that accelerates aging)
You can read more about autobiographical writing at this NPR article.
Click the images below to navigate the components of the autobiography.
What made you? Thinking deeply and writing about your past is a useful way to get to know yourself. Although it can be difficult, it can also be therapeutic.
In this section, complete surveys to give you a better idea of where you shine and where you create your own obstacles. This is a useful exercise to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses.
Write to chart your future. If you don't know where you're going, you'll get nowhere at all. In this section you'll set goals for yourself and a roadmap of how to achieve them.
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