Took a full week off from interview prep after realizing the grinding itself had become the anxiety and not the interviews

Was doing two hours of prep every night for a role I hadn't even applied to yet, purely out of a vague sense I wasn't ready. Took a full week completely off, no problems, no flashcards. Came back and solved things faster than before the break, turns out the constant grinding wasn't building skill anymore, it was just building dread.