Rejection Letter

Today's rejection refers to the letter in my mailbox.

I've never really had to interview for anything. I've had the same job since I was 16, where I went up to manager to say the expected "hi, I just turned in an application, blah blah blah" and he pretty much hired me on the spot because he "liked my attitude" or something. I mean, I'm very likeable, so it makes sense. All my nanny jobs I never even advertised for, people just came up to me and asked if I wanted to nanny. The job I have at school now I essentially went up to my professor and said, "I liked your class, can I be your TA?"

I got a rejection letter today.

It was for an internship I had applied for. I know that the career counselors at school tell us to apply for like 15 internships in hope of being accepted by 3. It's kind of a weird feeling. I mean, these people don't know me, all they know is what I wrote on a piece of paper for them. So I'm not even upset, though I feel like maybe I should be?

But it's not my decision how people feel about me.

Sure, there are things I can do to impact their feelings, work a little harder, maybe get better grades, volunteer more? Even doing all of those things, they might have still decided to "not proceed with you as a candidate". It's just not my decision whether or not I'm accepted Just because I'm not right for one place, doesn't mean that there is something wrong with me. It just means that I can find something better. Rejection is everywhere, and that's not a bad thing. It's kind of sucky, yeah. One rejection down, I'm sure many more to go. YAY!

You got this. Because you are great.