Individually, each activity is enjoyable, manageable. Please don't tell me this is simply the nature of life in academia, the precursor to working for tenure. I know friends who've applied to jobs they didn't want. Nevertheless they write specially designed cover letters attesting to their commitment and desire, package up vita and recommendation letters and send them off. We as job seekers are NOT always rational.
Rejections trickle in.
Perhaps we panic. I can relate. But I don't know if my stamina will hold out. But time has gone on, and here and there I've lobbed out a few particularly long-shot applications. I'm only halfway down my list for October through January deadlines, and I've already sent out 16 applications.