Reflection on Job Search Challenges
Things are not looking good for me in several areas of my life, and it’s really unfortunate. What kept me going was just the fact that I trust myself and I trust that I’ll be able to figure things out, and things will be okay. At the end of the day, I will get a job. I will find a job and get what I want. That’s what I thought. That’s what kept me going for the longest time. But now, I’m at a point where I’m slowly losing hope because nothing has shown up, and we’re two weeks into summer.
I’m amazed at how much rejection I’ve gotten in the past few months (Rejection is making me stronger, Rejected from ZFellows). It’s mind-blowing. I’ve never failed so much in my life, nor have I been rejected as much as I have in the past few months. I’m trying to make the best out of the situation in whatever way possible, but I struggle to find these ways. I’m fixating on what I missed, like an internship, and I’m too focused on what I don’t have. In other words, I should be more grateful to help me realize what I have.
Irony and Resilience
What’s ironic is the fact that I wanted this. It was exactly what I aimed for in my New Year’s resolution—I wanted to fail more. Now, I couldn’t be failing more. This is the max I can ever be failing. It’s just kind of funny. I’m not scared of rejection anymore. I’ve put my all into things, failed, and been ignored so many times in the past few months that it doesn’t even bother me to be rejected by a random individual beside me, like some girl, for example. I want to make the best out of that power that I possess YouTube
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I treat every failure and rejection as data. Feedback is how I turn losses into growth. Sometimes the data comes from within. Other times, you need to extract it from others. Whatever it takes, get that data.