nonnemacher said:
I`ve been in the pool for about a year now. I bumped my score a few days ago to 469 and I can`t express how nervous / excited / tense I am right now.
After reading some many topics here about the process after the ITA, I`m not sure what is more stressful:
- Waiting to receive an invitation
- Waiting for the final decision on your application
The problem with the first one is that you have the uncertainty of never knowing when is your turn. The latter has the stress of never knowing if your application will be accepted or not.
Is it possible to go through the process without getting so stressed out?
Be excited, not terrified.
After you've fired off that EoI and are sitting pretty in the Express Entry pool, look at it this way - you will most likely:
a) Have a job, working to get more money, which leads me to the next point, which is
b) Have or set a goal for yourself to earn enough money to meet Proof Of Funds
That alone should keep you occupied. And yes, what if the very worst scenario should play out that your migration to Canada doesn't quite pan out? You're now sitting on upwards of 12,000 CAD worth of investment nest egg that you can either choose to put towards migration to another country that'll be happy to have you or b) choose to reconsider, re-invest that money into something concrete into the country you already live in and plan for a very comfortable life ahead.
This is but
one of the paths stretching out in front of you. The real test here is how you handle adversity. You've already taken up the challenge of willing to leave behind a reasonably comfortable, stable life in your home country to eke out a new life for yourself in a new land. If you stress out
now, how will you handle the adversities of actually
making it in Canada if you got there?
In other words, to quote The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, Don't Panic. You have your health, your family and friends who support you and care for you. What matters is how you look at this - as a challenge to your ability to adapt and stay strong in the face of great adversity (because an immigrant's life is never,
never easy) or a burden that weighs on the back of your mind.
Your perspective will change how you feel, and how you feel will define how you act.
I'm in the same boat as you, I wake up sometimes at night with the fear that maybe, I might not succeed - but then I realize that by giving in to those thoughts I have lost already. Nothing has happened yet, so why give up or be fearful?
