Personal Narrative: My Struggle With Writing

Who doesn’t struggle with writing? I know I always have struggled with writing, for the longest time I didn’t even really understand the differences in sentences, and it is something that’s still confuses me a little bit. To be completely honest I sometimes procrastinate longer than I should when it comes to writing, so I don’t always review the finished product the way I should. Life gets in the way occasionally, and I attempt to convince myself that I have plenty of time to finish they assignment. This particularly gave me problems in high school. I learned my lesson when I arrived at college though, I tried to procrastinate so I could have more of a social life than I did in high school, and let’s just say it ended up biting me in the butt …show more content…
Two similar themes of the books are facing your fears and becoming the person you were meant to be. Castillo grew up as an outcast being a Latina in Chicago, though I am Caucasian I faced some of the same things. Growing up in San Antonio, Texas calls for a lot of diversity around you, and a lot of the time I was one of the few white kids in my class. There are a lot of Mexicana people in S.A. so most of my classmates and friends were Mexican. This made it more difficult growing up and things were a lot different for my compared to other white kids. I am who I am today because of where I grew up and I wouldn’t change that for the world. Chodron has taught me that I can’t run from my fears I have to face them head on, run at them, and tackle them to the ground. This is what I am trying to do with my writing, so that I can be a successful writer. They also have both taught me that you never what the people around you are going through or have gone through, though this is something I have always been taught it is a good reminder. Not knowing what people are experiencing means you don’t know how your bad attitude will affect them, but if you go through life trying to help people you will be better