A Life In Just Six Words

None by KCPW

"Not Quite What I Was Planning"

(KCPW News) How would you describe your life? Could you boil your entire existence down to just six words? That's the challenge from Smith Magazine. They asked readers to submit their own memoirs in just six words. The results are often profound and thought provoking.

Now, the editors of Smith have collected some of those six word memoirs from the famous and not so famous into a book - Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure Writers.

Editor Larry Smith tells KCPW's Bryan Schott how they came up with the idea.

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Leave your own six-word memoir in the comments section of this story. We'll give a copy of the book to a few of the best submissions. Make sure you leave a valid e-mail address so we can contact you.

1. Mark said:

Me: Learned love, met you, live profoundly.

KCPW: Told a story that changed lives.

2. Gus Wheeler said:

Retire, how? I ate dessert first.

3. Gus said:

I am not very good at math.

4. Misty Fowler said:

Feminine tomboy geek, made my place.

Memories, ambitions. Comfort, excitement. What fun!

5. Brian said:

Gave up. Got drunk. Trying again.

6. Tresa Stitley said:

Rough start. Grew up. Loving life!

7. Gus said:

Dodgers, Girls, Beer, Music, Family, Travel

Somebody stop me before it's too

8. Christie said:

Surprisingly, childhood dreams actualize. What next?

9. Denet said:

Live and love with a shimmy.

10. Marleen said:

Lived, had children, learned unconditional LOVE!

11. Heidi said:

Olympian, too brainy, educated, depression, lost

12. Matt said:

I was born. (Maybe). The end.Me plus others multiply, like fishes.Born clothed by sheep. Coup pending.Love takes time, right? Wrong. Repeat.Grimaced. Nobody cared. Unmasked. Grew face.Wounded heart at buried knee. Healed.Six word stories can't describe anything.Manufactured six word story. Came true.

13. Jason Taylor said:

Genetic scientist working in wrong field.

14. Dolly Case said:

Six kids later, I'm still happy

15. Paul said:

I put the "paul" in apology.

16. UtahTeacher said:

Students more mature than my legislators...

17. Joshua said:

Born. Breathing, Eating, sleeping. Ah crap.

18. Joshua said:

Learned I am dying. Lived anyway.

19. Liz said:

I am learning to dance. Finally.

20. Duke said:

All's well that ends well.

21. Sarah said:

I need to stop dating now.

22. Joshua said:

Wanted one, got another. Trying love.

23. Jewel Morgan said:

Is it safe to look yet?

24. C.R. said:

Crushing opressionEmbrace expression,Nurture courage.

25. Clive Avril said:

Life is more than a stroy

26. Sara said:

I taught my daughter to stargaze.

27. Daniel Kagan said:

Always sought fame. I'm still invisible.

28. Denise said:

last in line. wants to shine.

29. J said:

Always leaving. Already staying.

30. Seyaa said:

Met Guy. Unrequited Love. Just Friends.

31. Lyn said:

My mother was right after all

32. Marcia said:

Always striving; never satisfied. Maybe someday.

33. Ruth Innes said:

Life's too short to do laundry

34. Amalina said:

Baby.Kid.Teenager.Still suffering.BOOHOO!

35. jayden said:

We die but always feel dead?