Blocked Paths.

And how I shifted from rejection to redirection.

“Sometimes you are so divinely protected, you don’t get what you want.”

Viewing blocked paths as the Universe’s way of protecting me has helped me reframe rejection as redirection.

My life has been filled with rejection:

• awards I applied for and didn’t win

• submissions to speak at conferences that weren’t accepted

• proposals to work with companies and brands that were denied

• jobs I threw my hat into the ring for that landed outside of dead center

• business ideas that I pitched to others that didn’t make the cut

• literary agents that didn’t want to rep me

• publishing houses that didn’t want to buy my book

Every time my dream didn’t pan out felt sh*tty.

So sh*tty, in fact, that a year and a half ago, I stayed in bed for two days wondering what the hell I’m even doing; what the point really is of it all.

I was 1.5 years into my current company. And I was afraid.

• Would it always feel like a struggle?

• Would it always wear me down?

• Would it always be this hard?

But then, a switch flipped.