I agree with you Angela Duckworth had some great points on drawing inspiration from your daily life. There are failures and successes each day, we can all use these as motivation to draw from. Dedication and desire play a big roll in our lives, being able to mold and shape it the way we would like it to be in the future. Writing in descriptive way that draws in the reader, is something I am hoping to achieve as well. No doubt if you use all your ideas collectively in writing your essay it will be a success.
