Sudden Surprises and Reacting

Right when I thought that my week was getting better, I get a sudden flat tire on my car this weekend, and the tire shop does not have the tire in stock. I have to wait until Monday to get it fixed. It goes to show that unexpected things just kind of happen in life. I cannot control the outcome, but I can control how I react to the situation. For all intents and purposes, it looks like it will get fixed on Monday, and the only inconvenience that I will happen is getting an uber to go to work and back. It still is a situation that I would not want to be in but have to accept that things like this will happen.

I suppose that this goes for trying to be a professionally published author, or any goal, as well. I get a lot of rejection from literary agents, and just a few will provide feedback. I generally react to the rejection not feeling particularly good, but I do not stop my routine and just grit through it. It is on to the next one. This sequence happens with looking for a job, for example, but the hope is that one employer will eventually pick you over everyone else. However, I have to present myself, or my work in the case of writing, as best as I can to raise the probability of me getting picked.

Making my stories through repeated editing has been one of the tasks that I have been doing to present my works better. It is not particularly fun to do and can get tedious many times, but it has to get done.