<p>I have to write an essay about myself and it has to be about all the positives in me. I’m able to find and write about some, but then I get stumped. I feel like I have an ego when all I do us talk about my good qualities. I start to write about my bad qualities, which I’m not supposed to, and I can’t think of any more good ones. This is really annoying me. How can I stay away from the negatives about me and only focus on the positives?</p>
<p>I know right! Imagine you are standing in front of some committee and they’re not sure why you should be chosen over someone else. What would you say to sway them to favor you?</p>
<p>Make sure to “show” and not just “tell.” It’s pretty standard advice, but it works.</p>
<p>Dblazer- great idea! Thanks!
Caught- How do I show it?</p>
<p>For instance, if you want to talk about how hard-working you are, give examples of how you study a lot, always leave a certain club last so you can work more on it, etc. Rather than saying “I’m a people-person” you could talk about how you have a lot of friends or how people feel comfortable around you. Stuff like that. Don’t just write an essay that lists off positive qualities.</p>
<p>I think that people’s positives can also be their negatives, and vice versa. Like one of my friends is a real harda$$, she expects a lot from people (“you still owe me a quarter!” ← legit what she said to me once -__-’’), but she also expects a lot from herself (“I need to study an hour today and an hour tomorrow for the test the day after tomorrow”). Or me, I’m incredibly indecisive…but that means I’m also very open minded! 
So you could take one of your “negatives” and figure out how it’s actually a positive! If you’re really worried about the ego thing, you could just write a quick sentence about your negative then be like, “but ACTUALLY hey it’s not that bad.”</p>