Good

Here are four good things that happened today, and one bonus good thing.

1. After 41 job applications, I finally have an interview.
2. I got a free lunch at Panera Bread because their computer ignored my order.
3. My second rejection letter arrived from a journal where I sent my fiction.*
4. I unexpectedly wrote two thousand words.
5. I’ll probably even keep most of the words I wrote.

*Rejection is good, because it means I’m actually submitting stories instead of saying I will, plus it thickens my skin and gives me experience.  Also, after I get five rejections for the same story, I can send it to The Rejected Quarterly, a journal I aspire to get rejected from.