Writing about your experiences is not always easy. There are challenges and obstacles both within ourselves and from others. Challenges from feeling we don't have time. have too many distractions, don't know how to start, how to keep going, putting things off, not knowing what to keep and how much to say and many others. Another challenges is what others may feel, think or judge.
There are always “down” times. Times when you feel you don’t have anything to write, times when you wonder if it is worth all the trouble or times you feel you don’t have time “for all this.” Also it’s not easy to write about difficult experiences especially if they impacted your life in a serious way.

​Plan ahead for these times and situations

​Personal Challenges //Alternatives
​If you have a tendency to  procrastination, consider prioritizing, creating a structure of what you do or have to do, setting up a timeline for your writing and research
If one of your challenges is the lack of time- consider creating a 24 hour or a one week table. Write down what you do for each day and hour. Determine where you have 'free' time or time you could set aside for your writings.  What day (days) of the week and what time. Schedule it and keep the schedule. You may have to delegate responsibilities to others (if you have that opportunity). Or you may have to modify you behavior even maybe getting up earlier in the morning. This is what you said you want to do, so you need to work out a schedule.
​Another challenge- you might be feeling overwhelmed. Again structure what needs to be done, prioritizing as needed. Organize and see what you have, what you need. Take a class to help with the concerns and limitations. When you can't think of things to write-or the brain is tired from writing about yourself, Consider; editing your already written stories;  Doing research.;  Work on things listed in your “to do” list; Work on learning new or easier computer skills or solving computer problems.  Work on modifying your pictures. Read other books on memories and autobiographies and see how they did it..      

It is a rare life that does not contain struggles with difficult emotions and experiences. Sharing your life story with others is an awkward problem. You cannot write about yourself without including something about family or friends.  You must consider;

• Feelings of other people in your life.
• Disclosure of hidden information or  experience.
• Disagreements about events,   OR different interpretations about the same event.
• Unreliability of memory. and possibility of Pain of stirring up old emotions

 It could be helpful to create a plan and list ideas on how to overcome personal reluctance/ procrastination/ apathy/fear of judgments/ disagreement by others/ inflicting of painful memories plus whatever else challenges to change your writings.
A question many wrestle with.
If you knew what you wrote would hurt someone’s feelings, would you include it in your story? Would you write it?

Writing about painful memories is difficult. It takes courage to tell the truth. Yet, often when three persons see the same thing, you can have three different versions. All families have secrets and it's ok to leave them out. Yet choosing not to write may be loss in helping yourself and others understand and deal with the pain caused by the difficulty.

Writing allows us to gain and learn. It is a cathartic in the same way as talking to a friend, loved one or even a stranger. Choosing not to write may be your loss; It takes courage to tell the truth.
​Some ideas;

• “Talk about the writings-tell those concerned its value and importance
• ​'Tell this is the way I saw it”
• “This is the way I feel”
•   Tell others to   “Feel free to write your own version”
•   Have others write a chapter (story) in your book. Or write a comment to your version

​·Do free style writings- Just write, don’t spend time at the beginning editing and over organizing. This can stop the flow of ideas
Write your stories, organizing as you go along.
Organize by creating an outline of what you have. Change as needed.
Research what could add more information or detail
Read other books on memoirs, bibliographies. Reading gives you ideas and suggestions. See what other have done and how they did it
Edit, combine and modify  stories, chapters, pages etc. when you have completed several or when you have a lull in figuring out what to do.
Process
1.Decide a place to keep your material. Have a section for each item on the outline.       
2.Begin organizing these documents now. (File cabinet, notebook, computer- and where on the computer, tablet or other device)
3.Create stories- pick a topic and begin writing a few paragraphs. i.e.. What personal crises did you go through-.    remember to ask yourself---- What happened/when/why/how/where.
c.  Don't worry if some details are left out. They will be the basis of your research.