100 memory prompts, each one a place

Homes

1. The first home you can remember.
2. The room you slept in at ten years old.
3. The first front door you had your own key to.
4. The home you were happiest in.
5. The home you were glad to leave.
6. A grandparent's house, and the room you stayed in.
7. The window you looked out of most.
8. The corner of the yard or the building that was yours alone.
9. The apartment with the worst landlord.
10. The home you still dream about.

Kitchens and tables

1. The kitchen where you learned to cook something.
2. The table where your family ate, and where you sat at it.
3. The restaurant your family saved for special occasions.
4. The store where you bought candy with your own money.
5. The best meal of your life.
6. The diner, café or bar where they knew your order.
7. A picnic spot.
8. The place you first tasted something you now love.
9. The kitchen where the holidays happened.
10. The last place you ate with someone who is gone.

Streets and shortcuts

1. The street you grew up on.
2. The shortcut you weren't supposed to take.
3. The corner where your friends met.
4. The hill you sledded, biked or ran down.
5. The house everyone was afraid of.
6. The spot where you fell off your bike.
7. A store that isn't there any more.
8. The bus stop, platform or corner where you waited every day.
9. The place you learned to drive.
10. A street you avoided, and why.

School

1. Your first school, and the door you went in by.
2. The classroom of the teacher who changed something for you.
3. The playground, and where you stood in it.
4. The place you got into the most trouble.
5. The field, gym or stage where you won or lost something.
6. Where you ate lunch, and who with.
7. The library, or the corner where you read.
8. Where you were when the letter or the results came.
9. The place you said goodbye on the last day.
10. The dorm room, shared house or barracks where you first lived away from home.

Work

1. The place you earned your first paycheck.
2. The worst job you ever had.
3. The desk, bench, counter or cab where you worked the longest.
4. Where you were when you got the job.
5. Where you were when you lost one, or quit.
6. The place you ate lunch on workdays.
7. The commute you could do with your eyes closed.
8. Where you made your biggest mistake at work.
9. The place you did the work you're proudest of.
10. Where you spent your last day at a job you loved.

Water, woods and weather

1. The place you learned to swim.
2. A beach, lake or river you went back to every year.
3. The tree you climbed.
4. The place you saw the most stars.
5. Where you were in the worst storm you remember.
6. The spot you went fishing, hunting or berry picking, and who took you.
7. A campsite.
8. The best view you ever earned on foot.
9. The place you saw an animal you didn't expect.
10. A garden that someone you loved looked after.

Love and friendship

1. Where you met your best friend.
2. Where you met the person you married, or the one you didn't.
3. A first date.
4. A first kiss.
5. The place a relationship ended.
6. Where you got engaged, or where you said no.
7. The place you danced.
8. Where you and your friends spent every weekend at seventeen.
9. The last place you saw a friend you've lost touch with.
10. The spot where someone first told you they loved you.

Journeys and arrivals

1. The farthest you have ever been from home.
2. The first place you traveled without your parents.
3. An airport, station or dock where you said goodbye.
4. The place you arrived with nothing arranged.
5. A border you crossed.
6. Where the car broke down.
7. A place you got lost.
8. The town you passed through once and still think about.
9. The place you came home to after a long time away.
10. Where you landed when you moved to a new country, state or city.

Loss and endings

1. Where you were when you got the phone call.
2. The hospital room.
3. A grave you visit.
4. The place the ashes were scattered.
5. Their chair, bench, pew or stool.
6. The last place you saw them well.
7. A house you had to clear out.
8. The place a pet is buried.
9. Somewhere you can't go back to.
10. The place you went to be alone afterwards.

Firsts, turning points and small things

1. Where your first child was born, or where you first held a baby.
2. Where you were when you heard news the whole world remembers.
3. The place you made a decision that changed everything.
4. Where you laughed until you couldn't breathe.
5. Where a stranger was kind to you.
6. The place you were most afraid.
7. The place you won something.
8. Where you go when you need to think.
9. The place you feel most like yourself.
10. The place you'd like to be remembered in.