While sitting on your bed, eyes closed, you initiate a heavy sigh as you consider picking up your crochet hook to start a new project, again. Sadly, you understand you simply can’t tolerate making more stitches, even if it was just one more time. The morning pause allows you to reflect on the past months, or years, during which you have spent your time committed to an activity, duty, or job.
This world glorifies phrases like “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Hustle culture preaches that success comes from sacrificing everything—your time, your energy, your well-being—for the grind. Everywhere you look, people are chasing riches, fame, and generational wealth as if they’re the ultimate solution to every problem. Money fixes everything, right?
We live in a world where doing more, getting more and being more is somehow correlated with staying relevant. The pressure to chase profits, beat competition, and seize every opportunity can be overwhelming. The world often says, “Do whatever it takes.” But what if doing whatever it takes means compromising your values? What if the cost of “success” is your peace, your purpose, or your integrity?
