Rejection

This is a baked potato made out of ice cream. We couldn't figure out what the butter was made out of...

It seems like I face rejection at every turn. In this job, People just simply don't call me back. They say no thanks to apartments when their options are severely limited by time, space or, most often, money. They work with many brokers at a time, forcing me to either hyper compete or drop out. They even say yes sometimes, followed by the nevercall. It is frustrating and not always easy to keep a good attitude. Especially when my time is my own and I feel like 90% of my effort is squandered on endeavors that produce an energy sucking return or no return at all.

I have faced a lot of rejection in my personal life too. Take the Hamburger, for instance. This experience involved risk and complete rejection. It was a little like how I feel about celebrities; if they just had the chance to get to know me, I am sure they would want to be best friends and hang out all the time, chuckling at my constant and witty insights, my dry humor. Some of those celebrities would probably even want to date me or get married. I almost sent this not so secret in to the website PostSecret, but when I mentioned it to a friend last night, she not only shared this entire sentiment, but she more or less gave me the words I just typed, since they were so similar to my own. Not much of a secret, I guess.

The lesson that's going on for me right now and for the past several months is about being okay anyway. Real estate is just what is there to provide this mirror for me, so I can see the lesson. Rejection hurts no matter what, it's just what happens afterward that is of interest to me. I can never control whether someone will like me or not, whether someone will rent a particular apartment or not, whether someone will have the decency to return my phone call or calls. What I can control is how much power I give the situation, how much of my energy pours into it, and how I let it affect my sense of who I am as a real estate agent, as a woman and as a person.


When did DLR get so uncool looking? I miss his blond stringy hair!

Seriously, I am sure George Clooney would change him mind about marriage if we just had coffee together!