Reflective Essay: How Writing Has Changed My Life

All my life I have lived in a town called Fernley, Nevada and it will always be home to me. It is a small community that I had made incredible friendships throughout my school years and just growing up in general. From those hyper elementary years out in the playground, to those clever middle school years, to enjoying my first year of high school at the football games, hearing the cheering crowd, and waiting in the long unorganized line to get snacks, to the town being decorated on every business window with the bleeding colors of orange and black. For me, it was a memorable childhood to have. My summer of my freshman year had ended and I had to move. Through the stacks of boxes in my house, that I had been packing for months, it was so heartbreaking to me and I couldn’t imagine myself leaving the place I had always lived at. From this day, it had changed my writing process by looking at things from different perspectives. I changed my perspectives by how I observe things more because I realized things don 't last forever. No …show more content…
My passion for learning new things made me motivated, knowing I can do it. My writing process has changed for the better as I continue to grow in more experiences with writing. It matters that this experience changed me because it gave me hope in things; things that I did not get to see or think about before like I used too. Before this, it had an effect on my writing because I had no hope of becoming a better writer as my learning went on. If I had not gotten better in my writing voice and style by this experience, I do not think I would have written at all in my free time. If it would have not had made a good impact in life I would not have created my artistic side, and that is one of the things I love most doing ever since I discovered it. But now I know time and practice will eventually make an outcome in