Waiting for months on end like this is killing me. Don't get me wrong, I am fortunate enough to have received 5 interviews so far that I am beyond grateful for, but it is just so hard to continue to exist in limbo and the unknown with no concrete acceptance. It feels like my life is on pause, I am not doing anything with my life or time, and it is hard to not revolve me entire life right now around waiting for an email from the rest of my schools.

How are you guys managing these feelings? Waiting like this and centralizing my life around the cycle has started to take a toll. I am currently working in research (have been for about 4 years now) and I used to love this job but I everything is starting to burn me out and I'm losing the motivation to hang in there until matriculation. Before I knew how brutal this waiting game was, I was certain I wanted to be a physician and there was (and still is) nothing else I would want to do with my life. But, all of this waiting and not hearing back from all of my schools after months and months has made me question my motivation for this whole career. I know these feelings are very situational and common this cycle, I just really needed to vent that what we are going through right now is so rough, interviews received or not. How do you guys distract yourselves? How do you not check your email every 10 minutes? How do you stay motivated and maintain tunnel vision on the final goal when the part that is in our control is over and a few teams of ADCOMS have ownership over the direction of your entire future...

TL;DR: considering starting to sell stuff on the tiktok shop for the rest of my life

Edit(PSA): This post has more-so to do with the experience of waiting and putting your dreams on pause, and what you are doing to combat these challenges. This post aims to create a space where people going through the same thing can see what others are doing to get through this waiting game. I no way is this about the progress of my cycle, or anyone elses. We are ALL waiting to start medical school and become doctors.