<p>@Luciferin I want to make sure I’m understanding you right - are you saying that if I have to ask other people if it’s significant enough, it probably isn’t?</p>
<p>If the above is what you mean, then I agree with you, but I guess a better and more general way of phrasing my question would be “How ‘central to one’s identity’ does an event have to be in order to justify writing about it in response to this prompt?” My change in the way I view different fields of academia and the way this change of view occurred are certainly very important to me and a story I feel I need to share, but I’m not sure if it seems important enough to an outside reader.</p>
<p>The prompt kind of feels like it’s asking for stories about major hardships or experiences (the death of a loved one, growing up in a 3rd world country, overcoming major obstacles, etc.), but I’ve read elsewhere that even the stories that may seem insignificant to an anonymous onlooker can also work if you communicate how much they impacted you on a personal level. I’m just a tad confused about the prompt and what is acceptable.</p>
<p>Thank you so much again, everyone.</p>