it’s the waiting, not the interview

Novice dewdrop · 2026.11.05 05:55 · Views 38 · Likes 1

One thing got clearer about the body stuff this week — it’s not the phone screen itself that sets the scalp off, it’s the days after, just waiting on an answer that isn’t showing up. The day of the screen, nothing happened. It was sitting around for days after, checking email for no reason, that started the flaking again.

3 days in now on doing something different about it — instead of checking the inbox every hour, sending out a couple new applications instead. Doesn’t fix the waiting, but gives the hours something else to do, lol.

Knee’s still holding up fine through it.

One thing to try next week — notice the urge to check email and go for a short walk instead. See if that does anything the applications alone haven’t.

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SkinHarmony11.05 06:20
took 3 days for mine to settle, how long?
→ SkinHarmonydewdropAuthor11.06 00:36
mine took about 4 days too – stress seems to be the trigger more than the job stuff itself, so cutting back on email checks helped some
ClearDays11.05 06:55
The gap between doing the thing and waiting to hear back is exactly what sets my scalp off too, not the interview itself. I capped email checks at 2 times a day and put that energy into weeding the garden plot instead, and it’s cut the itching down more than anything else I’ve tried
dewdropAuthor11.06 05:49
Tried the walk thing for the last 4 days instead of checking email – knee held up fine on all of them, and the scalp’s actually calmer than it’s been in weeks.