Stuck between ideas.

<p>I have started writing my essay’s but for all the ideas that I have had, I run into problems trying to say something about myself. Here are the two ideas that I have developed the most.</p>

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<li><p>Taking experience of having a homeless man pulling a knife on me and talking about valuing my life and my service to the poor.
Problem: I do not really know if the two points work well enough, I can not seem to put how it has effected me and how I have been made better by the experience into words.</p></li>
<li><p>I started talking about my experiences and how being a Chinese American has improved me and made me the person I am today. But, in the end it all seems like all I said was say that I’m an asian american (which is sometimes a negative) even though I tried my best to include points on how it has helped me improve in school and made me more diligent/hardworking. But, as before, it never seems to work well when I actually write it down.</p></li>
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<p>I’m just looking for some ideas that may help me develop the essay more.</p>

<p>2 is cliche, i think.</p>