Swap burnout for balance

Why has society led us to believe that working ourselves into the ground is something to wear as a gold medal? It’s time to stop the too-often celebrated endless hustle that perpetuates burnout culture and replace it with balance and self-care. As it turns out, they are the greater accomplices to success at the end of the day.

Words LOLITA WALTERS

Are you constantly glued to your screen, putting in long hours at work and sacrificing your personal life in the name of achieving success? You’re certainly not alone in the overwork cult. Many people fall victim to the idea that we should “go hard or go home” in a never-ending hustle when it comes to business and careers. Society has gathered around the fallacy that it’s somehow a badge of honour to be able to boast about how many hours one works in a week, with the belief that the more hours you put in, the more successful you will be. Yet here’s the thing: overworking doesn’t actually lead to success. In fact, it can lead to a phenomenon called burnout. An overworking society According to a 2019 survey conducted by the…

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