Encore — Give Your Own Map a Glance

The Person You're Following Doesn't Know What They're Doing Either

I mentioned at the end of my first year of writing Cole’s Climb: one of the hardest things about starting off is producing work you really love, knowing that no one will see it. My encore series returns to some of these posts to reflect.

This is the third piece I ever published, and the second ever personal essay. It was originally opened by an audience …