TT position application: How do you stay strong during the multiple, never ending application cycles?

I’m the fourth year in a row into TT position application and I was wondering how do you stay strong during the whole application cycles, specifically like the long game of submitting packages, phone interview, on site, and then found out I had to start it again. This is like in video games once I die I had to go back to the initial save point and deal with the many bosses again….

Every year I went to on-sites and then I feel this whole process is really out of control, even after I tried the best to deliver good research talks and had great interactions with the faculty members. Then when the rejections came in, I felt all the good experiences/interactions shattered into pieces and I reluctantly go back to the beginning of search cycle.

I was wondering for those who experienced multiple search cycles—how do you stay strong and balanced during the never ending, uncontrollable, highly unpredictable processes?

I always feel very excited when I step into a university campus and wanted my independent research career ended up in a university. But the frustration of “beat all bosses in a row again” is making me feel loss of motivation….

Anyone experienced similar process can talk about their mindsets? How do you stay strong?