Are you closer to death or hearing back from that job you applied for?

Waiting to hear back from a job can take a long time, and sometimes, it can take a lifetime.

Take a look at these questions to find out if you're closer to death or closer to hearing back from that job you applied for.

Are you feeling unsettled in any way?

Credit: Getty Images/Image Source

This could go both ways. Sometimes this feeling could mean anxiety, such as what you're feeling about your job. But other times it could mean you have an intuition that the end is near.

Have you been talking to family more often?

Asian lovers or couples looking each other when cooking so funny together in kitchen with full of ingredient on table. Honeymoon and Happiness concept. Valentines day and Sweet home concept Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

If you’ve been calling your family more often, you could either be keeping them up to date on your job situation, or you could be trying to have a few more meaningful moments with them before the end.

Have you reconnected with any old friends lately?

Cheerful Indian male college student shows his female friend something in a book. A male friend is sitting in the foreground. They are studying outdoors on campus on a sunny day. Credit: Getty Images

Have you recently gone through your friends who you haven’t spoken to in a while, or possibly reached out to those with whom you have reached a rough patch? If this is the case, your brain could be telling you that the end is coming no matter your employment status.

Have you been in and out of the hospital more frequently?

Gurney in hospital hallway Credit: Getty Images

While the reasons can sometimes be unrelated, being in and out of the hospital in frequent succession could be a sign that regardless of the progress of the recruiter's decision, your body is beginning to shut down.

Have you said to anyone recently, “I am nearing the end of my life, and I have never heard back from that position I went for?”

Portrait of grinning young man sitting at table and talking to business partner. Freelancer meeting with client at cafe and discussing project . Business and communication concept Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

If you’ve said this to those close to you, chances are you’re closer to death than employment.

Have you locked two murder suspects in your compound the man of the family they murdered?

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

This will probably only happen to you if you're the sheriff dying of lung cancer in the book turned 2016 film, Nocturnal Animals.

Do you feel at peace with the world?

Cropped shot of a mature businessman with folded arms Credit: Getty Images

Yep, definitely dying.

If you answered yes to most of these questions, you’re probably closer to death than hearing back from that job you applied for.

Thanks for reading Mashable Humor: original comedy every day. Or most days. We're people, just like you, and we're trying our best.