ACTFL Rejected Me.
Okay, okay. I know that the title of this post sounds extremely heart wrenching and dramatic. I promise, I don't REALLY feel that way. I wanted to write today about this idea of "failure" as it relates to taking risks and chasing goals. For most of my life I can honestly say that I was deathly afraid of not being "good enough," being told "no," or "failing." I've intentionally included all of those phrases in quotation marks because after years of personal development (thanks Rachel Hollis & Brené Brown) I have been able to re-frame what "failing" and "no" mean and how I handle it when it happens. Here are a few things to consider: 1) Whose opinion are you trusting? Why? If I were to trust ONLY the opinion of the ACTFL reviewers (a blind process while rating proposals on a rubric), I might believe that I am not worthy or talented or that I shouldn't be sharing my ideas. That I'm not good enough to shar...