Everyday narratives

"Think about" exercise

• How work was yesterday
• A story about a coworker
• A story about math class
• A story about my mom
• Lydia's story
• A story about Corbin's math teacher
• A story about an award

When doing this exercise we discovered that every time people communicate with each other, we are using narrative. Even subconsciously, we are always using narrative to make connections and to share experiences.

When we discussed this point as a group, we started to get off track, but even when we did, it was to share narratives. Our discussions about narratives led to more narratives that we were unaware about until after the fact.