Rejection is something of which I have, unfortunately, become acutely aware over the last several months. I have been rejected in both my professional and personal lives so many times since last May that I can scarcely recall them all.
Professionally, applications for jobs that I am grossly overqualified for have been ignored. Applications for jobs in my chosen field of work and experience have been flat-out rejected. A college that I work for as an adjunct has turned me down for a full-time position in the same department. I have been told "Thanks, but no thanks" more times than a Gideon peddling New Testaments. Well over a year and a half after earning a Masters degree, I am still teaching a full-time + some course load with part-time pay and no benefits because I have no choice but to work for three different colleges. I love teaching, but sometimes I question whether or not it is meant to be.
It seems that I am not doing so well with the moving on bit I wrote about earlier. My personal life is equally, or even more, stagnant than my professional life. In addition, my ex now wants more time with our child which, inevitably, means that I will have less time with the best part of my life.
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