as a line running from left to right
not-quite-the-full-width
of your current browser window
picture the top of the window
as the east/west longitude
of the easternmost place you've lived
(for more than a year, say
for now)
and the bottom, the westernmost
start with the place you lived the longest
(call it 'Main')
move your lifeline
up or down, to the level
between east (top)
and west (bottom)
of that place (Main)
trim the start and the end of
your horizontal lifeline
to match the relative
start and end
of your time at Main
picture the emotional tones
of your time in Main
the highs and lows
and the inflection points
where everything changed
assign colors
to each span of tone
remember why you moved to Main
and where you moved from
why you left
and where you went next
what attracted you to the new
repelled you from the old?
when did the attraction
or repulsion
start?
(picture its startingpoint
and its endingpoint)
repeat
