Rejection, Redemption and Reflections

Halli Hallo! 

Rejection hurts more than a slap on the face.

(No one dared to slap my face yet so don’t worry (or you’re deluded perhaps, who knows). I imagine it hurts to a certain degree. Let me know if you know. I don’t know.

(Ha, rhymes!! HEHE)

#irapsowell

#thatwaslegitness

 

Putting aside my cheap jokes,

 

I used to work at a law firm before I came to Aoyama. It was pretty devastating to be honest, but the devastation as such turned into salvation for me.  

 

At the law firm, I had to make hundreds of phone calls every day to prompt and negotiate the repayment to severe debtors. Believe me, almost no one answers your phone call; thus, although they are indebted to other companies, namely real estate companies or even cosmetic companies (I spare to mention them because they are very famous), some (many) of them make ridiculous excuses to evade reparations or court cases.

 

Of course, it was arduous to work in such a rigorous environment where no miscalculations are tolerated. Perhaps this has amplified my innate hyper-alertness to a great degree, draining my energies to this day (I might seem apathetic at times, I’m sorry). However, I could derive a great lesson from those arrogant adults (I don’t like to swear) lacking responsibility, which is that there is nothing in life that you can escape from.  

 

There is no freedom without responsibility, and without responsibility, there would be no order; only mayhem.

 

What’s more, because I encountered so many rejections in my former job, I became more stress-tolerant. At first, of course, I took it personally when clients said something banal or vulgar. However, with time, I learned to be bold enough to embrace rejection and take further risks.

 

What else, I am too stiff. Yes, I am aware of that, and I am progressing to evoke my innate craziness little by little. Before coming to Aoyama, I had no genuine interactions with people of my generation in Japan. It is paradoxical that I had more acquaintances and friends who are older than 40. But now, thanks to you guys, I am getting back in my niche.

„But where the danger is, also grows the saving power.“

-        Friedrich Hölderlin

This wonderful poem concludes my blog.

Thank you for reading!

 

I wish you the best.

Ciao ciao