Rejection sucks:

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Rejection sucks.

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It blows.

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It stings.

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It hurts.

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Just when you think everything is going right, it strikes again.

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You will face rejection all the time.

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It’s a staple.

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It’s a part of life.

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No matter who you are or what you do, you will be rejected.

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Again.

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And again.

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And again.

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Rejection is the price of success.

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It’s the price you must pay to get what you want.

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Professionally, rejection means nothing to me.

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Onto the next one.

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Sent 200 job applications and cold emails before I got my job in VC.

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199 people rejected me.

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1 decided to take a chance.

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Right now it’s hitting me with dating.

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Been on several dates over the last few months.

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Lots of first dates.

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Had fun.

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Enjoyed the conversation.

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Text her soon after and the answer is.

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‘I’m not feeling anything.

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Let’s just be friends.’

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I’ve gotten this a few times now.

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It sucks.

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It stings.

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It hurts.

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Am I doing something wrong?

Am I meeting the wrong people?

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Not being myself?

Not putting my best foot forward?

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I don’t know.

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I do know this.

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Rejection is for two people who were not supposed to be together.

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Rejection is the universe telling you to move on.

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It’s not worth waiting around for someone who doesn’t want to be with you.

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Let them go.

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Move on.

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Get them out of your head.

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All those fake plans you were making after meeting someone once, stop.

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Take everything one day at a time.

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In today’s day and age, you could have a great date with someone and they can move on for no reason.

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For reasons totally out of your control.

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You will never know why they don’t feel the same way about you as you do about them.

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But that’s ok.

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Move on.

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Get over it.

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Stop sulking.

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Stop complaining.

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Stop sitting there worrying about what they think.

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They told you what they think.

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They don’t like you.

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If that’s the case, why should you feel any different about them?

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It’s hard to move on.

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Really hard.

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Especially so quickly.

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But you need to.

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It’s not worth your time and headspace to think about what if.

Stop living in what if.

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Live in what now.

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Go find someone who wants to be with you for you.

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Doesn’t mean it gets any easier.

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But you have to move on.

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Rejection sucks.

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