Pride Story:

Select an experience from your past that gave you a feeling of pride. Describe that experience in as much detail as possible. Starting at the beginning, tell your story in such a way that a total stranger would understand everything that happened. Be descriptive – use as much detail as you can recall to explain, step-by-step, exactly what you did and how you felt at each step. If you ran into barriers, describe how you got around them. It will probably take you one to two pages to describe your experience in enough detail. Your goal is to relate, from start to finish, exactly what you did, how you felt, and what the result was. When you have finished your story and checked it for accuracy and clarity, add a final section that starts “I am proud of this experience because …”