Naturally, this richness makes it necessary to make some choices. One way of doing this is to consider your own specific career path and intentions. you might want to select events which have impacted on a chosen focus. You found it hard to motivate disaffected children, but you have made progress in this area. Or you have done excellent work in developing your subject knowledge. So now you have to make a list of the experiences which contributed to this development, or which specifically evidence this achievement. Alternatively, perhaps there have been some memorable, critical moments in your work- moments when things moved on, when corners were turned. These could be key lessons, key conversations, key readings – critical events which you could use as the focus for your writing.