Jesus, that year later rejection thing must have been a hell of a roller coaster! (Although definitely funny, it made me chuckle, and when I told it out loud to my friend, she couldn’t help but laughing.)
Rejection used to have so much weight that it stopped me from even emailing editors and contacting webmasters, putting myself out there in the first place.
(Probably one of the reasons why my freelance writing career didn’t exactly take off, although how-to articles and listicles about web technologies paid my bills for 6 months.)
I am no longer in the business of freelance writing, but I am very much still in the business of having to face rejection professionally.
As a digital marketer not only do my ideas get rejected by clients, they often get rejected by the market itself, with lackluster response to creative/campaigns that I had a lot of confidence in.
The good news is I am slowly getting better at keeping trucking in the aftermath of rejection, instead of letting it stop me in my tracks.
Unfortunately I suspect that improving my relationship with rejection is going to be a lifelong journey, rather than a quick fix...
Thanks for sharing!
