The more you can speak in the active voice and in first person, the better leave the passive stuff. For others. It's generally not good for writing. It's certainly not good for storytelling. Talk about it as if you were there right now. Talk about yourself use the first person used I use me.

Say what he did what she did. Back to you. Don't make this overly formalistic overly complicated, you'll lose your audience. If you do this. Your stories will have much more immediacy. The easier to follow and will seem less stilted