This past week, I struggled with finishing my research essay for my global community class. While I knew about the essay for a couple of weeks, I got a late start on it. I was supposed to use a provided quote as my over-arching theme for the essay. I was able to come up with ideas that would fit the quote pretty easily, but I struggled to find research to go along with it. One thing that made the research difficult was my theme. Essentially, the topic of my essay was Western involvement in Eastern conflicts. The broadness of the topic made it difficult to find research on the small details I was looking for because there were so many articles and other forms of media to look through. However, after some time practicing, I started to figure things out and found some useful research. Despite my research struggles, I was able to submit my essay on time, and I felt confident when I did.