Rahzel Mickens '18 Recruiting Profile

Have you ever wondered how big of an impact writing can have on one's life? Throughout my life, I have experienced a lot of obstacles in which I thought I couldn't overcome, however, writing has encouraged me to overcome these obstacles. For example, one obstacle that I've always faced in my life is communicating to others verbally, this has impacted my life by helping me realize that I am an introverted person. Consequently, I prefer to communicate through writing rather than communicating verbally.

Another obstacle that I've faced in my life was the ability to reveal my true potential as I was always the introverted type of guy, as a result I started to have doubts of what I was doing in my life feeling as if I couldn't reach my full potential. This caused me to feel stress in life as well as unworthy until I started thinking positively, and started writing of ways that I can reveal my potential.

Despite all of the obstacles that comes within my life, writing has always had a strong influence on me as it caused my knowledge of the world to increase as well as my confidence. For example, I would typically write about the world and how it impacts who we are, this helps me to gain knowledge of the world, as well as those surrounding it. Writing has also help me gain confidence. For instance, most of the time when obstacles has occurred, I tended to get stressed and feel  disappointed in myself however, I came up with the solution to write about positive things that occurred in my life. This helped me to prevent myself from having negative thoughts, as well as feel confident in myself.

I would consider writing to be a significant factor in our daily lives as it creates growth in our brains, along with preparation for the world. For example, I have a study habit in which I research information that I find to be imperative, and I write that information in my study notebook. This strategy allows me to prepare for test better as I often receive a great grade.

For these reasons,  I feel that writing is a significant factor, and has a huge impact on our lives.