The honest, hard truth? You need to detach your self-worth from the timeline. The universe does not have a dedicated "You Get a Job" clock that syncs with your desperation. It’s just background noise.
My advice? Set a deadline for yourself. Say, "If I don’t hear by next Wednesday, I’m sending a follow-up and then I’m done." Then, do something fun. Go buy a fancy coffee. Watch a terrible movie. Live your life outside of the waiting room of your own head.
Remember, the time it takes to hear back says nothing about your skills or your worth. It only tells you how organized their HR department is. And let’s be honest, most of us have been the one who took forever to text back. You’ll survive this. And when that email finally comes—good or bad—you’ll realize you spent way too much time worrying about it. You always do.
