Long hours, little sleep, and loads of caffeine — these are the key ingredients to success in many people’s eyes. We tell ourselves that the more we work, the more we can get done, and the more successful we become. This belief system is perhaps best summed up by the term “hustle culture,” which has come to permeate nearly every aspect of our society, from the way we work to the way we approach hobbies. Hustle culture rewards hard work and constant busyness as critical to career growth and overall self-worth, but it’s worth interrogating whether this approach produces the outcomes it claims to.
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