Storyboard Your Life Storyboard Your Life Storyboard Your Life Storyboard Your Life! !! ! by Avi Solomonavisolo@gmail.com A storyboard is a sequence of images and words drawn A storyboard is a sequence of images and words drawn A storyboard is a sequence of images and words drawn A storyboard is a sequence of images and words drawntogether on a page to form a plausible narrative.together on a page to form a plausible narrative.together on a page to form a plausible narrative.together on a page to form a plausible narrative.Storyboards are routinely used in the movie making business to'preview' a movie before a single shot is taken. Not only does a storyboard allow for a dress rehearsal of the final product but by the very fact of being posted on the wall, it elicits early feedback and encourages quick, painless editing, leading to significant savings in time and resources.

Disney was a storyboarding freak! A storyboard is an apt metaphor for how we make sense of our own life history. Storyboarding can be u Storyboarding can be u Storyboarding can be u Storyboarding can be used to sense emergent sed to sense emergent sed to sense emergent sed to sense emergent patterns in our own life story and to envision the life patterns in our own life story and to envision the life patterns in our own life story and to envision the life patterns in our own life story and to envision the life experiences that we wish to welcome into our future.experiences that we wish to welcome into our future.experiences that we wish to welcome into our future.experiences that we wish to welcome into our future.

For example here are some panels from my life storyboard:Two things are apparent when looking at the storyboard:-it presents a very subjective view of some of the things that matter to me in my life -it is an 'orbit level' view of the turning points in my life that exemplifies the Pareto principle very nicely: 80% of the meaning comes from 20% or less of the moments in my life! Contemplating further, a pattern common to the events on this storyboard emerges: Learning makes me happy!