Hey everyone, I can feel all this. It's pretty similar for me. I've gotten one rejection already and I start being afraid that I haven't put enough time in my application. I am working full-time and literally wrote my research proposal while I was sick with Covid for 2 weeks and Christmas break, because those were the only times I had time. I don't want to be stuck in this job any longer, but knowing the application might not be good enough makes me really anxious. I also feel like my career path is not "straight" enough as I just recently realized that I wanted to pursue a PhD, so my CV doesn't really reflect that.