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Write a book for my child, basically trying to put all my wisdom / experience into it. My father passed away a year ago and it still bothers me we have not discussed anything serious in the last 10 or so years. I need his brain, his experience, it is far too hard to deal with life without his advice, and yet all I have is photos. We really owe it to our children to write down everything we could teach them.
I would write a book anyway, even if I had no child, the best service I can give to the world is helping others figure out certain things quicker than I did.
My father-in-law has literally only ~6 months left. He did write books with his life wisdom. These were intended for his children to preserve and pass on his knowledge. These are part biography part message and a trove of insight into his life. But I didn't get much general insight from that and I'm unsure whether it helps his daughter in her life-decisions. One early book is called 'living as a warrior' and a late one 'some lint from my shroud'. Some ideas appear to me obscure. Some trite. And the context is missing (both sides: a) to understand what he means and b) how he'd apply that to our situations).