Episode 26: Reject Hustle Culture, Embrace Downtime

Reject Modernity Embrace Tradition · May 5, 2025 · 1h 2m

In the wake of the Great Recession, it often feels like the only acceptable orientation towards work and life is to hustle. The goal is to work long hours, be super productive, and to always have something new in the hopper. But, it turns out that hustle culture is really really bad for us, both socially and medically. We need to reject its allure in favor of taking real, genuine time for ourselves.