WABB LAB – MEMOIRS – DAY 6
Every system runs on rules.
Some are written down.
Most are not.
The exercise
Write about a rule you followed at the time without questioning it.
It could be:
- a family rule
- a school rule
- a workplace rule
- a social rule
- something “everyone knew”
Choose one rule.
Stay with it.
What to write
Write about a time that someone broke the rule and what happened next.
You might include:
- describe the person(s) who enforced it
- how people behaved because of it
- how you learned it existed
- what happened when the rule was broken
You don’t need to explain whether the rule was good or bad. Just show how it affected the situation.
Tip: Chop this exercise into three parts. Start with how things ‘always’ were, then describe someone breaking the rule and one, two or three things that happened after that as a middle part, end with the new ‘status quo’.
Parameters
- Stay in the time when the rule still felt normal
- No hindsight commentary
