[ycapp1787]

Sitting/laying around will not advance your startup or your career.

My suggestion would be to map out the next six hours of your life. Just six hours. You can do that, surely. Then execute them. FLAWLESSLY, and exactly. When you're done, come back, and see what YC had to say. But whatever they say, you'll have a sense of real confidence that you can execute -- and that you don't need YC's permission to be a success.

Doesn't matter what it is -- hack some code, smile and dial, go for a run, read a book, whatever. But EXECUTE, and you'll feel better.

And to all who applied -- good luck! This isn't my first rodeo (in terms of YC or startups) and I can say for sure that a.) YC isn't right for every company at every stage and b.) there's a lot of ways to skin a cat, so keep on truckin!

[amandala]

Good words, thanks.

I made a plan- going to get lunch and walk by the ocean. Pass the time.

But getting into YC is a big deal. I obviously won't give up if I don't get in, but getting in is a really huge deal. I've invested so much thought and energy into it for months. I just want to know!

[ycapp1787]

Good for you buddy. The ocean is more beautiful than the grandest of Silicon Valley office space. And startup CEOs usually don't get the time for walks down the beach, so enjoy it!

I'd go for a walk by the East River but I'm at work and I don't want to get MRSA from a radioactive sea creature.