The Upgrade #4! Do rejections really make you stronger, or do you just feel like crap? 🥊

Do rejections really make you stronger? Or do they just leave you feeling like a piece of trash on the floor?

How did my job hunt start? About twenty applications sent, zero replies. My Framer template? Rejected because too many things were wrong according to their standards. They didn't even bother giving me specific feedback; they just pointed me to a page I’d never seen before, with at least a hundred checkboxes to tick just to see if a template is actually "good."

Okay. Head down and back to being humble, just like every other week.

But above all, how do I keep my morale up? Will these rejections make me stronger? Will I get there because I’ll keep grinding? Sure. But right now? Right now, I feel weak. I feel like a rag. In these moments, your morale collapses and you start believing you’ll never make it.

So, how do we help ourselves? I’ve realized something: spending so much time at the computer without receiving any "moral rewards" is draining. I’ve realized I need testosterone. I’m going to join a gym, I’m going to lift weights, and I’m going to disconnect my mind from my career failures to distract myself and feel proud of myself for something else. Then, I’ll go home, make love, and spend quality time with my amazing girlfriend.

All this to say: you should never focus on just one thing in life. Morale depends on many factors working together. If I want to win this battle of finding a job and starting a new career, I have to face it with the best of my physical and mental strength. I have to support my mind along the way, and this is the right method.

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Goodbye awesome people, see you next!