Holidays with family and friends can be the perfect time to observe people, retell family stories, and share (or at least compare) memories. This, of course, means they are the perfect time of year to start writing down your history – either for your personal archives or to share with others.* But, before you launch into your writing, you need to consider what kind of history you want to share. Are you going to be in it – possibly as the hero (or anti-hero) of your own story?