I really really (and I cannot emphasize this enough) really dislike writing applications. It gives me a feeling of despair and inadequacy about my career and life choices. Due to this I write much fewer applications than I should be, and spend too much time and energy on the few I do send.
I generally feel confident about myself but writing applications for some reason really messes me up.
Has anyone here dealt with anxiety when writing applications? If so, how did you overcome it?
I think a lot of people feel this way, and it’s something I’ve experienced. I don’t have any great solutions but I generally do two things:
Set reasonable expectations. The application process has a lot of randomness, and almost all applications will get ignored even if they’re good, so I should expect any particular application to have a very low chance of getting a response.
Spend less time on individual applications; apply to a lot of things; use commonalities across applications to copy/​paste things I wrote on previous applications.
I really really (and I cannot emphasize this enough) really dislike writing applications. It gives me a feeling of despair and inadequacy about my career and life choices. Due to this I write much fewer applications than I should be, and spend too much time and energy on the few I do send.
I generally feel confident about myself but writing applications for some reason really messes me up.
Has anyone here dealt with anxiety when writing applications? If so, how did you overcome it?
I think a lot of people feel this way, and it’s something I’ve experienced. I don’t have any great solutions but I generally do two things:
Set reasonable expectations. The application process has a lot of randomness, and almost all applications will get ignored even if they’re good, so I should expect any particular application to have a very low chance of getting a response.
Spend less time on individual applications; apply to a lot of things; use commonalities across applications to copy/​paste things I wrote on previous applications.