Why I’ll Never Be Enough

If all I do is run.

Photo credit: Andrés Ritter.

Over the past month I applied to, was considered, and then rejected from two of my dream jobs. Initially, I didn’t expect to hear back. When I did, I became obsessed with the idea of potentially landing the jobs. And when the rejections finally came, I felt gutted each time.

I lost my sense of self when two external sources told me I wasn’t the right candidate…