Reflective Essay: What Broadway Show Best Represents My Life

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If I were asked to determine what Broadway show best represents my life, I would reply simply, Rent. Loosely adapted, my role would be to portray main character Roger Davis . I say this because Rodger and I are similar in the way that we both have a hard time coming up with new and original content. While Rogers issue revolves around his music, my issue is with essays. Ironically, we both know new material is necessary for our occupations, but due to certain circumstances we are both unable to produce. Why might this be occurring in my instance? Well, the oversaturation of ‘creative and free thinking’ assignments has robbed my mind of the ability to think and function in a ‘collegiate’ way.
Throughout the years, I have accumulated numerous topics that I have a wide range of knowledge about, and put them on a list for future essay references. Overtime, I cross each topic off my list at a slow enough rate to where I can uncross the idea and revamp it to show my gradual improvement. Recently, I have
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I am at the point in time where my last resort is to reflect upon myself dissect what I need in order to get my groove back. Realistically, I should stop procrastinating and spend more time brainstorming useful topics. While easier said than done, time management is ultimately my cure all. Alternatively, I could stop caring about originality and write the same essay over and over again. However, there has got to be another answer to my writer's block. If I were to give up now, there no way I could possibly come to terms with the nightmare that is college. Instead, I need to emulate my future role as Roger Davis. Not the about-to-die-of-AIDS Roger highlighted in the play, but the Roger that goes out of his way to find new inspiration. There are “525,600 moments so dear” in a year that I have to take advantage of. Roger found a muse, now I need to do the same. But is that possible when I am stuck doing all these

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