When hope gives way to frustration and...

... and deep dejection. And a feeling of rejection.
Hope is needed for buoyancy. When what you hope for or are secretly expecting to happen doesn't, you feel you could sink.

2 weeks ago a company I wrote to (Cold call as some would call it), that seemed interesting, actually got back and someone called up from the Middle East and then committed to sending out some brief / assignment before taking it forward. It's not happened.

2 weeks ago around the same time, a company I had applied for, called and asked to meet up for an interview. As I was travelling, that request couldn't be accommodated, and they said they'd call back this week. That hasn't happened either.

I wish organizations were more professional in the way they communicated or followed up. If they didn't want to have anything furhter to do with me, they could have simply said so. It's not difficult to say, 'Your profile is not what we're looking at'. It may be difficult to hear as you're riding on hope at that time - after all the company did decide to look you up after perusing through your CV - but then it's direct and you come to terms with it.

So yes, am feeling dejected and rejected.
But they say as long as there's life, there's hope (or is it vice versa?).