According to Duckworth from “Showing Up,” grit is a combination of passion and perseverance it also …show more content…
I am not very interested in writing, I write when I have a need to write, thus I avoid writing to the last extent preventing me from taking on challenges and to learn more. I lose hope many times, which leads to losing interest and purpose. Once when I had to write a persuasive essay, I lost all hope even before starting. Since I had no interest, I ended up with no purpose, yet with all this happening in my head, I knew I still had to write it. When it comes to persuading someone, your content and organizing your points strategically is what makes a good persuasive essay, which is my weakness. Still, I wearily trudged on and tried finding my content which would hit the point and maybe persuade the reader to do what I said. Because I didn’t want to go deep, I floated in a limited mindset while writing it, causing me to not explore new ideas. This limited my essay's content, thus causing me not to get a good refined essay and grade. This example of my lack of grit prevented me from taking on the challenge and hoping I would finish it and striving to finish