Isn't it Funny...

It's baffling how diversified this world is. With all the creative choices we have in the way of living our lives, it's a surprise we can understand each other at all; what with each individual's personality as unique as an about-to-orgasm expression.

But there's another hand, which is that we live in a cooperating and collaborative democratic society. So there are several truths in life; codes for operating that we've come to accept. One of the most commonly encountered looks something like this...

Imagine you're trying to get a creative (part time) job. You submit some piece of a portfolio to represent your style, e.g. photos, graphics, writing, design blueprints, whatever you like. You spend all day trying to polish this shit. By the way, two things: 1) They say this assignment shouldn't take you more than two hours, but fuck it. You want this gig, you spend seven on it. 2) You're confident when you send it in that you have a 98% chance of landing this thing.

For three days, you check your email like you're a god damn hawk. Where could they be? One day delay could be good. Three is just looking bad. Finally the email comes. 'Sorry, we went with another artist. Thanks for your time.' But here's where the 'isn't if funny...' comes in. We accept, if we are to act like sane people, that we can't write a follow-up email that looks like:

'Shit man, that's too bad. I was really gonna show some things to that company. I was gonna wow you, man. You wouldn't have been sorry. But now, now it looks like you just blew it. Well you know what? I hope your fucking grandmother finally falls flat from that smoking addiction. I hope your wife fucks your brother. I hope you fall down a dry well!'

That's just not professional. It will not help you achieve your dreams, I assure you. Instead, what we accept, if we have a good handle on things, is that we nod our heads when we read the rejection email/letter, and say to ourselves, this means something else out there is coming. And this is true, this shit is definitely true.

So as I mentioned, there are all sorts of ways to react to things like rejection (and I mean all sorts of rejection). But there's really only one way to do it that will put you on the path to the next big step: walk away...and say nothing.