It Hurts To Hold On

Whenever I think about the words “Hard Work” or “Constant never ending development” I get worried that I’m eluding myself and others from the reality that goals don’t have to be toiled towards monotonously in order to obtain them. This may take a while for me to unpack this but the point that I’m trying to make is that I’m not sure if hustle culture solves the issue of lack without creating another issue in its place. 

The truth is we as human beings have had to work hard for centuries to arrive at this point, however we now because we have developed systems and technologies that does the heavy lifting for us, we no longer need to work has hard as our predecessors. With that being said I’m questioning if the formula truly is to work yourself to the bone, or if the formula could also be…work to build yourself a system that allows you to rest from your pursuit of ambition. 

It hurts to hold on is also my point, because sometimes I’m not exactly sure why I’m toiling away as hard as I can for as long as I have done thus far, so with that being said the message remains: It won’t always be fun and the bed I lie on won’t always be a bed of roses. Heck sometimes that bed might have exposed springs coming out of the mattress and cockroaches making families in my pillow. 

It’s not always easy to wake up with a sheer surge of unwavering self belief. Sometimes this chase becomes that job that I’ve been trying to run away from in the first place. That ugly 9-5 that sucks out all the time and leaves me with no more than what I need to just get by.