A Pep Talk from Lin-Manuel

What you're working on today—the steps you're taking toward your future—may have you on your way to creating a masterpiece.

Photo by Sudan Ouyang.

In a little over a week, 2021 will cease to be. With its end, a new year, with its renewed hope, will begin. We’ll bury our frustrations and failures from the past 12 months and resolve to make 2022 the best year yet.

I’ve failed at enough of my resolutions that today I tend to write them in pencil, being gracious with myself if the…