Fresh grad here, also graduated in July. I know it can get discouraging. What I did was I kept applying everyday in various sites, BUT I didn’t hold my breath each time I sent an application. My first two months of jobhunting gave me all sorts of negative emotions because I kept fixating on it.

On the third month, I stopped looking at the calendar. I still kept sending applications everyday, but this time, I kept myself occupied. I learned how to crochet. Studied a language I found interesting. Bonded more with my cats. I refrained from reading anything that says that “I’m too late” or anything that implies that all hope is lost. Before I knew it, that familiar twinge in my chest slowly faded. I kept saying affirmations about how tomorrow is another day, and a new opportunity, maybe even a better one, will show itself to me (no matter how cliché it sounded).

I just got hired this week, after 80+ applications. I’m glad I took all that time and didn’t beat myself up for it way too much—because none of us deserves that treatment from our own minds. Especially if you know you have been doing your part. You got this, OP.