100 rejection letters project

Reject Me. Tell me no. I dare you.I've got plans. I've got goals. And I will get there.I have realised 2 things in my short blogging career.(And by short I mean I have been putting weird stuff out onto the interwebs for 4 years now! How crazy is that?! But I'm counting the first 2 blogs I wrote as practice or pre-gaming for the real deal.)Hey Lauren-Likes, I'm taking you somewhere.The 2 things I've learned in life and in blogging:

1. Act confident and people will think you belong.
2. You're not going to get stuff until you ask for it.

With this project, I've set out to do multiple things:

1. Work on my self-confidence by not being crushed every time I experience rejection
2. Purposefully seek out new opportunities
3. Put myself out there by getting visible and pushing my own limits
4. Network and meet other people who are working in the field I love
5. Be proud of what I do and show it to people
6. Try new things
7. Create/curate a portfolio of projects I am proud of

I've already been rejected by Sarah Von Bargan of Yes and Yes and by One Little Bird. But you know what? These 2 really amazing bloggers took time to look at my blog and talk to me personally. Win, win. I knew that Sarah's position was a long shot and she actually filled the position within 24 hours (crazy), but I tried. I failed. And it wasn't the worst.Some guidelines I'm setting:

• I'm not applying to just any and everything if I'm not interested in actually following through with the commitment. This is fair to no one and is a waste of time.
• The rejection letters can come in any form. From unreturned emails to flat-out rejections.
• Anything can count. So asking to be featured on someones blog, applying to a design team, asking someone to post on my blog, submitted something for publication, etc.
• What doesn't count: "tag a friend and win' instagram contests, etc. It actually has to take work and be a substantial and enriching goal/prize/opportunity
• No real timeline, hopefully within 6 months or so

My plan is to get rejected by some pretty crazy people, like Martha Stewart and magazines, design teams, guest blogging spots and more!Also, I don't think this counts for my project, but was such a cool boost. I was checking my blog stats the other day and found this link that was sending along a fair amount of traffic called "Country Living". I laughed and thought, some random blog named Country Living shared a link of mine. NOPE. Country Living, THE MAGAZINE, had shared a link to a tutorial of mine on their website. Yep. You can see it here. So hey, anything is possible right? I'll definitely get rejected by at least 100 people, but who knows who will say yes and what will happen?! Have you done a project like this? Tell me all about it! Got any cools things I should apply to and see if they dare to reject me? Send me a link!I'll share updates randomly as I go. Here are a few other people who did rejection projects for you to check out. Another rejection letter project, famous people s rejection letters.