Thread by @itsafronomics, late night thoughts: I've been thinking about how hustle culture is overrated [...]

late night thoughts: I've been thinking about how hustle culture is overrated and how it robs us of our joy at the end of the day.

Saying "no days off" is actually pretty harmful if you think about. It's literally built into our bodies to rest. Why is this kind of thinking glorified and rewarded?

It is 100% due to capitalism that hustle culture exists. Working 24/7 gives no room for family, friends, hobbies, and everything in between.

You want to become a millionaire at the expense of what? Your life? People forget that working to death doesn't mean you get to spend that money when you're dead.

lol people will talk about tech bros and Wall Street bros making millions but neglect to mention that these same 'bros' live at work.

Living and breathing work every moment of the day is not normal. I'm talking to myself mainly, but also to anyone else who will listen.

I want to share a mantra I adopted this past year #antihustlemovement coined by Sethlina Amayke, my life coach and mentor.

Basically the premise is this: Less is more. By being still we actually give ourselves the space and grace to grow fully and with intention.

Hustling says if you're getting the opportunity, I'm not. Crabs in the barrel.

But here's the thing: The barrel is not the crabs natural habitat. The point isn't to get to the top by stepping on people, the point is to get out of systems that normalize rooting against people.

You can't hustle and help others, those two things are fundamentally at odds with each other. Why? Because hustling requires that your ego take center stage and is fueled ultimately by how you measure yourself against others.

You can't only center yourself and help others.

The idea that hustling harder means that you're closer to your ideal is a lie. They lied. You can hustle harder, but it will cost you. The question you have to ask yourself is whether the hustle is worth the sacrifice.

9/10 I'll say no honestly. Your health > Securing the bag.

I actually think that most academics are taught that hustle is normal. It is not. #AcademicChatter #academictwitter

Just because you can work at all hours of the day doesn't mean you should. More hours =/= more productivity, and stop projecting this mentality onto young people.

#Academia says because research is everything and you have ~flexibility~ , you should be working all the time.

I call it the "I can work whenever so I'll work forever" mentality. And it's a lie and probably why so many students AND academics deal with mental health @PhD_Balance.

In 2021, I am choosing me. Because at the end of the day, if I work myself to death, that job or opportunity I hustled for will continue without me.

So choose to do good work AND live fully. Choose to be still and intentional. Choose to enjoy life for all that it is!

I will reiterate and say that comparison is indeed the thief of joy and guess what's the basis of hustle culture?

I rest my case.

I'll add this: As someone who has worked in academia, policy, and now corporate, the idea of having structure around rest has been so important. I am happier because I can rest. Academia normalize rest.

Students should be allowed to rest. Professors should be allowed to rest.

This thread DOES NOT apply to people who HAVE to work to LIVE and hustle because they have to not because they're trying to show somebody up.

I wouldn't even call that hustle. The hustle I am referring to is the one that is completely at will and self-serving.

At the end of the day, what you DO will *never* be more important than who you ARE and who you become.

Life was always meant to be lived, not forgotten — so live.

Shoutout to all of my econ-types, the ones who overwork their RAs and themselves, this thread is for you! #ASSA2021 #econtwitter

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