Today I got turned down for my dream job after making it to the final two applicants on the short list.

May 12th, 2015 Posted by Jason Imms. Generally speaking, self-confidence is fickle. We can sway from highly effective, confidence-fuelled motivation, to the depths of discouragement with little more than the passing word of a stranger. So much of our self-worth is affected by our reflection in the mirror of our peers, that many of us use ritualistic affirmations or mantras just to tread water, and some are forced to resort to a chemical bolster.

Upgrade to paid account and never see ads again! But we still share a radiant moon. And do you hear a nightjar there? I am a work-in-progress. Living, we cover vast territories;. Imagine your life drawn on a map-. A scribble on the town where you grew up,. Each bus trip traced between school. And home, or a clean line across the sea. To a place you flew once. And things we accumulate, all the while growing. More conscious of losing and leaving.