The Power of Having Grit as a Writer

I am learning to believe that my passion will improve the world.

Sarah Olson
Sep 5, 2018 · 6 min read

Before my fiancé and I were officially dating, he took me rock climbing for the first time. When I was a kid, I had dangled from ropes off the side of a colorful, plastic rock wall during a friend’s birthday party — but this time, there were no ropes. I watched him scale the imposing wall with…

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