Writing an Essay About Yourself

Writing an Essay About YourselfMost high school seniors who take an English composition class find that they really don't want to write about themselves. We'd all prefer to be read from a script, or to see the role we play in our lives. It's easy for us to write about others; we're not so good at writing about ourselves.Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of writing about myself, but I don't always know what to write about. Sometimes it seems to me like there are just too many subjects that I would rather avoid writing about in an essay.Perhaps you've taken an English essay class and were taught how to structure your essay, but you've never had to write one yourself. Writing an essay about yourself isn't nearly as much fun as writing an essay about someone else. You have to wrestle with certain issues of self-consciousness that only you can recognize. You might feel inadequate.That being said, don't give up. Even if it doesn't seem like you have any control over what your essay will be about, you can still write about yourself. Write about your flaws, your talents, your dreams, your hopes. For example, you might write a reflection on how you came to a particular conclusion, on your hope for change, or how you hoped to change certain parts of yourself.What might help you to write about yourself is having a ready source of knowledge in high school. Use the facts that you learned about yourself in class, and think about how you used them to shape your life. Go through each subject area and figure out which of the many skills you learned about yourself could be useful to you in a job, for the love of God. Make a list of the areas that you are already well versed with and try to apply them to a job, for example.If you've had your High School writing assignment given to you by your teacher, be sure to use the essay to write about yourself. You might even consider reading the essay you're assigned to write out, so that you can get an idea of what kinds of topics to ta lk about. If you aren't given a specific topic for your essay, you should be able to look up your school's textbook for a general topic, and you should be able to look up some information for yourself.But, if you're not sure where to start, or if you're having trouble coming up with topics for your essay, consider this: a good idea for an essay about yourself might be to talk about your last year at school. Talk about the things that you did right and wrong, about the people that you really liked, and about the things that you most admire about yourself. See what kinds of things you've learned about yourself in the past year, and learn what you want to know more about. Make a list of all the topics that come to mind.Again, this should be an essay about yourself - that is, your High School English assignments are best left for your college essays. But, don't forget about writing an essay about yourself after you leave High School. Have a list of things that you'd like to know more ab out in college. Then, when you need to write about yourself in college, you'll be ready to go.