Issues with Writing a Personal Statement

I have been going through the wringer again with writing personal statements for PA, RN, MD, and DO. I just keep having writer's block and struggling to come up with a decent outline that does not need constant adjusting for every new sentence I composed. 

Once again, I have also been running right into the wall with 3rd person statements. I do not know if it is a bad habit I got from my history major days, but I found run into the issue of writing in the neutral 3rd person. God, it gets so frustrating! I write a paragraph into existence, only to read and find out that it sounds trite or dull.

It has gotten so bad these past few days that I am checking multiple different online websites to find examples of good writing that I can learn or emulate. Here are the takeaways I got from a few of these sites:

https://www.shemmassianconsulting.com/blog/medical-school-personal-statement-analysis

Excellent source describing how to approach writing a good personal statement. It goes through the run down on how to write the intro → body → conclusion in a more detailed fashion than others on here.

1. Resume-first approach leads to poor introduction
2. Use a list of qualities 1st (use 2 or 3) → think of events or situations that highlight these qualities
3. Show don't tell (write like Charles Dickens and drop in adjectives like crazy)
4. No need for Eureka moment
5. Cover 3-4 personal experiences
1. Why did you pursue the experience?
2. How did you feel during the experience?
3. What have you accomplished or learned?
4. How did the experience affect you?
5. How did the experience influence you to pursue medicine?
6. Conclusion = positive qualities + new perspectives + passion for medicine

https://www.princetonreview.com/med-school-advice/medical-school-personal-statement

Okay source, but has too many general tips or rules (15 on their list). It goes broad in its advice and adds some cliches of its own such as checking for spelling and grammar.

1. Allow extended time for multiple rewrites and revisions
2. Focus on a certain aspect of the story
3. Take care with cliches
4. Show don't tell
5. Solid 5-point essay format: (Intro, 3-4 body paras, conclusion)
6. Check for grammar & spelling
7. Get 2nd opinions about your essay

https://writingcenter.wustl.edu/2021/03/17/finding-your-voice-medical-school-personal-statements/

Very verbose with pain text and blog-like aesthetic (like here), but good writing advice.

1. Have a plan for 2 stories focusing on people/science.
1. People stories
1. I helped someone
2. Saw its impact
3. Felt gratified
4. Write down the 5 senses details from these moments (good intro)
1. Follow up next para with background before the event
2. Science Story
1. Doing something sciency 
2. Solved problem and got the result
3. Gratification
4. Write down 5 senses right before the wave of gratification
1. follow up vivid hook with background paragraph
2. Segue between people and science stories with a good transition

Hopefully with these new "templates", I can develop more clear outlines for a good essay. So far I keep ending up with the same nonpersonal rubbish.