<p>im about to write my personal statement...i know its late but i wanted to get an idea of whether this a good/creative/unique topic for my personal statement.</p>
<p>i intend to talk about a recent trip i took and explain how it gave me a new perspective on life and made me so much more grateful for whatever i had. etc.</p>
<p>is this cliche? or creative?</p>
<p>It depends.</p>
<p>Anyone can say "Now that I went on a trip, I feel grateful for what I have."</p>
<p>That's cliche: what's commonly thought, what anyone can and does say.</p>
<p>If, however, you can reveal yourself in the trip in such a way, in details, in showing rather than telling, that only you could write it, then you could end up with a strong essay.</p>
<p>It's not the topic, it's what you do with the topic.</p>