Rejection Fourteen- Kindly Camera Bags

Today I sent an email to Kindly Camera Bags.

For a long time, I’ve carried this idea that you’re supposed to wait until you’re “ready” before you ask for anything. Ready meaning more followers, more credentials, more proof that you deserve to take up space in someone else’s inbox.

The truth is, I really do use their bag. It’s not a prop for photos or a brand I picked because it looks good on Instagram. It’s the bag I take with me when I’m photographing abandoned places, walking through nature in winter, or building tiny worlds with miniatures. It’s part of my process, part of the rhythm of how I move through creativity.

So I told them that.

And when I hit send, I felt the familiar surge of doubt.
The imagined rejection that arrives before the real one ever has a chance.

Rejection Therapy isn’t about chasing validation from brands or collecting polite no’s like trophies. It’s about unlearning silence.

But the important part already happened.

I asked.