Nine months unemployed and I finally stopped treating the job search like a full time job

Was doing 8 hours a day of applications, tailoring every resume, tracking everything in a spreadsheet with color codes. Burned out hard around month six and barely applied to anything for three weeks straight out of pure avoidance. What actually got me moving again was capping it at 2 hours a day, no exceptions, even if it felt like I was leaving opportunities on the table. Landed something in month nine. Genuinely think the cap is why I lasted long enough to get there.