The Stories We Tell Ourselves

"Everyone writes in a way; that is, each person has a "story," a personal narrative which is constantly being replayed, revised, taken apart, and put together again. The significant points in this narrative change as a person ages—what may have been tragedy at twenty is seen as comedy or nostalgia at forty." Margaret Atwood in Women at Work Volume One, Interviews from the Paris Review

Have you ever noticed how you speak to yourself?