A hand-drawn winding road with signposts marking forks along the way

Turning Points

Walk your life five years at a time. Above the line, what you did. Below the line, how life might have gone if you hadn’t.

  1. 0
  2. 5
  3. 10
  4. 15
  5. 20
  6. 25
  7. 30
  8. 35
  9. 40
  10. 45
  11. 50
  12. 55

0 of 12 stretches mapped

Ages 0–5

Above the line — what actually happened

e.g. I left the job in Chicago and moved west with two suitcases.

e.g. I decided I would never again stay somewhere out of fear.

the line

Below the line — the road you didn’t take

e.g. I’d still be in that office, good at a job I didn’t love.

e.g. My closest friend, my ocean walks, this whole second career.

Fill both the above and below lines to open the Story Thread.