Growth Mindset: 1st Person Writing Style

I really wanted to challenge myself with my most recent story. I tend to shy away from 1st person stories because I never like how they turn out. I much much much prefer 3rd person narratives. Sometimes I think it's too difficult to get into a character's head without making them sound completely bland. I also like to maintain a more omniscient narrator. I'm not really sure how I'd get everything into my story from a first person perspective.

Anyways, I've been trying to branch out with how I write my stories so my most recent story about Merlin was from a first person perspective. I thought that, because his situation was so odd, it would really help to be able to get into his mind rather than watching him complete all these actions from the outside. I think it was a more personal story which is why it worked so well. I'm not sure I could use the writing style as often as some people like to use it, but this definitely gave me some good practice with it.

The last thing I want my writing to sound like is bland and boring and I think I accomplished that pretty well with my current story. I would really have liked to have had a large word count limit because I feel like I could have expanded on his thoughts even more, but I'm generally happy with the story I wrote.

(my dog stays up late with me while I'm trying to write, original picture)