When I was in my early 20’s, I hustled my ass off. I worked 2 jobs and a side hustle. I drank 8 cups of coffee a day and popped No Doz pills to work at night.

And then I burned the fuck out. And crashed hard.
And it wasn’t worth it.

There’s a lot of folks who will tell you: “grind to the point of exhaustion. Chase wealth and rest later. Make work your only religion.”

That advice is poison. It will leave you broken and hurt and tired and alone.

@Daojoan A truly horrific property of that modus, is that you are absolutely deaf and blind to external warnings. Like, friends and family begging, screaming or reasoning with you to stop.

You just feel they are dragging you down, holding you back, in envy or incompetence.

So it’s not just you burning yourself, it’s a public spectacle where you burn yourself at the stake, with loved ones and others forced to watch.

@subm3rge @Daojoan I had no external warnings. This capitalistic career path was where I was directed by the people who should have cared about me.