How does one finish off an essay with a personal statement? I'm finding the ending to my essays to be extremely difficult and was hoping that one...

Did you have extreme difficulty in writing the essays?  Is a "personal" statement necessary?  The reader will know it's your work!  Doesn't the work itself stand as your statement?

Ideally, the last statements in an essay should be something that ties the work together.  After introducing the topic of your essay, then expanding the points of your arguments, then drawing your conclusions, the last paragraph could be merely a summary.

In conclusion, using introductory phrases such as "Finally," or "To summarize," or "To conclude" to begin the last paragraph should provide some structure to your thoughts to finish the essay.