Once the holiday is over and you’re looking at the holiday
weekend ahead, you might want to consider an alternative to
“hitting the malls” on November 23rd. Rather than shopping, why
not celebrate the National Day of Listening and capture the
thoughts and memories of a family member or friend. The first
National Day of Listening was launched in 2008 by the
organization, StoryCorps. The idea is simple: Encourage
listening to as well as capturing an interview with someone you
love. The project suggests that stories can be captured with pen
and paper, cell phones, computers, tape recorders – anything
which will allow the story to be read or heard in years to come.
While you might be interviewing someone who can easily “open
up”, here are a list of suggested questions developed by the
folks at StoryCorps. What was the happiest moment of your life?
The saddest? Who was the most important person in your life? Can
you tell me about him or her? Who has been the biggest influence
on your life? What lessons did that pe