The art of just sending it
There’s no better time than right now
For those reading this who were born before 1995, “sending it” means the following (thanks Urban Dictionary)
Now we’re caught up with the lingo, yes there is an art to sending it but let’s backtrack on my experiences first.
Everyone overthinks, there is no point in denying it. I have spent hours, months…whatever just thinking about things, procrastinating. I look back now at certain times in my life and think about how much time I wasted! Just thinking about things I’ve done and things that I want to do but don’t have the voice to speak up.
Over the past 12 months, I have made some pretty big decisions that have had a major impact on my life and the quality of my life and my future.
The first experience of me sending it was my first real job after deciding I needed a break from freelancing and doing contract work. Around August last year, the university/TAFE college I was studying at was attending a special event that Canon Australia was holding called the Canon Expo (or something like that), I heard they were doing free sensor cleans so I was all over it! The event had a handful of store holders from local businesses in the camera & photographic industry.
I started having a conversation with the representative from Ted’s Cameras and out of nowhere I asked him if they had any job openings, I didn’t think about it for a second before — it kind of just happened, Next day I had a job interview, wrote my resume/CV the day after and submitted it. For reference, I had the interview on Thursday, submitted my resume/CV on Friday. On Monday I got the call that I got the job as a Digital Imaging Customer Services and Sale (so basically as a retail salesperson). I had my first shift later that week. During the 6 months of working there, I met some of my best friends, developed relationships and learnt a lot of life lessons and skills in customer relations and honestly just dealing with some people’s bullshit. One of the major points that I want to highlight about this experience, in particular, is it’s all about timing. First off, if I didn’t go to that Canon Event then I wouldn’t have spoken to the Ted’s Rep, second if they weren’t looking for new staff members I obviously wouldn’t have gotten the new job, third if it was a different team then honestly I don’t think I would have stayed as long as they did, since having more experience with other workplaces I can definitely say that the team that I worked with were the most supportive group of people I have ever met, so massive shoutout and much love!
Funnily enough, the second time I kinda just sent it was for my second job since freelancing. One of the clients I was working with was Ashby Partners Real Estate, which on a basic level is the best property management agency in Canberra (shameless plug). I was at a property shoot with the client, actually, I think it was around the same time as I started the new job at Ted’s. Anyway, I expressed interest that I needed a change and if any position came up in the agency I would be interested in giving it a go. Anyway, a couple of months later we talked about it again and started to get the ball rolling, just on a casual basis at the time as I wasn’t in a position where I could leave Ted’s as it was the busy season about to hit with Christmas and all of that crazy time! I knew an opportunity like this wouldn’t come up often as the position would be filled plus this would be a perfect chance for me to give something different a shot, so I took the job, I didn’t think twice about it. I ended up working 7 days a week for 2 months between the two jobs, it was a hectic time but I learnt a lot about myself and my limits.
The third time was is in my personal relationships. I’m obviously not going to go overly in-depth about this as it is close to my heart and there are some things I can’t speak freely on the internet about especially when it involves other people. There have been numerous occasions when I’ve had an interest in people and I’ve kind of just let things play out (which isn’t always a bad thing), but more on that later. Basically, what I’m trying to say is that there have been times where I’ve wanted to ask a girl out or try to take my relationships to the next level and I either haven’t done anything about it or it’s been too late or both. Regardless of the situation, recently I’ve made an effort to make a change in my personal life and without thinking (because I had done enough of that) I just made things happen and I’m better off for it, I’m happier for it.
There are always cons, with anything.
A big key to my “success” with sending it and not thinking deeply into decisions (especially big ones) is the timing, that’s pretty evident especially with some of the examples I gave above.
Now, let’s talk about how sometimes sending it can go wrong. As I said before the timing is key, I’ve had a few times where in my personal relationships with people I’ve just sent it and unfortunately the timing was wrong and things didn’t work out and honestly that’s completely okay, if it doesn’t work out it’s not meant to be. I think my best examples that aren’t overly personal was during my time as a freelance photographer, there were a few prospective clients that I continued to reach out to — especially a certain advertising agency that I actually did a short stint for but things didn’t work out.
The main part to remember is that it’s okay for things not to work out, part of the reason is always timing but you also cannot blame yourself because you can’t control situations or other people and their lives. Situations and opportunities line up because they’re meant to, so you can learn and develop as a person, don’t get fixated on thoughts and situations that don’t line up because I guarantee other opportunities will arise at the right time when you can just send it!
Article by Jack Mohr
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