Don’t let your fear of tomorrow make excuses for today
I saw the job opening and I didn’t bother applying. After redrafting my CV for the 8475590th time and applying to twice that number of jobs I developed prophetic powers of knowing what comes next. Occasionally, my powers failed me. I got an interview and then a rejection letter. So I decided to spare myself the pain of getting bot-written auto-responses. Telling me how I wasn’t the right fit for the role when my unemployment regime had me toned.
What is the point of trying if I know to some degree what the result might be? Why go through the hurt or disappointment twice? Once in my head and the second time in person. We all have been there, experiencing fear of things that might be
The Project may fail,
She/He might leave me for someone else,
It might not work out,
I might not get the job,
And so on…
So we pull back and apply less or even no effort to the task or relationship in fear of the worst that might happen. Using that fear as an excuse for the inaction. Not realizing that by doing so we are also denying ourselves of the good that might happen. You actually have to play to win. What is worse is that those excuses are cancerous and the attitude quickly takes over other areas of our life robbing us of not only tomorrow but also today.
If you haven’t guessed, I kept applying because I would be worse off if I didn’t. Thank you for reading, Godspeed.
