I am so tired of 'hustling'. I said it! I feel like 'the hustlers' would just die if they read that. Is it just me, or is hustling over-rated? Coming from someone who is an active relaxer, go-getter, self-motivator, I thought I'd never say those words.
But I have gotten to a point in my life where I am questioning whether we really need to be hustling all of the time, and never sleep or rest in order to be successful', or actually is it ok to take our own time, smell the roses and just enjoy our journey, and even switch paths if we really want to?
I feel like we are living in a society where we are expected to achieve everything by 16 years old, be the absolute best in every area of our lives and if we aren't actively working towards creating millions of dollars, then we are questioned about what our purpose really is.
If I think back to when my parents were growing up, generally the dads worked Mon-Fri, the moms were at home with the children and weekends were family time as were holidays. These days if you run your own business or even if you're employed, the expectations of productivity are so high that you never really even get to switch off over your down time, as you're always worrying about what the next week holds or if you've completed everything you are meant to.
These days both parents often need to work - either to make ends meet, or because the bar on our lifestyle expectations has been raised drastically, or because if there's a stay-at-home parent they play the guilt game. The guilt game goes: I should probably be working, then you start working and think, I should probably be at home with my children, and so on. This leaves us in a constant battle of where we should be directing our energy.
In a discussion with a colleague the other day, we agreed that being a mother is a constant internal conflict of whether we are doing the right thing.
But what if we stopped listening to society and started listening to our hearts?
What if we forgot what everyone else's expectations were and decided to do things that make our hearts sing?
What if we stopped hustling (hear me out), and simply allowed our hearts to lead and our energy to flow, towards what makes us light up? We would probably attract more beautiful energy and begin to fill our cups with what truly matters to us.
Let's take some time to put on head phones (metaphorically and physically) and stop listening to the outside world, and start listening to your inner world about what 'music' YOU'D like to listen to. What if you gave yourself permission to truly
follow your heart? What would the outcome look like?
But I have gotten to a point in my life where I am questioning whether we really need to be hustling all of the time, and never sleep or rest in order to be successful', or actually is it ok to take our own time, smell the roses and just enjoy our journey, and even switch paths if we really want to?
I feel like we are living in a society where we are expected to achieve everything by 16 years old, be the absolute best in every area of our lives and if we aren't actively working towards creating millions of dollars, then we are questioned about what our purpose really is.
If I think back to when my parents were growing up, generally the dads worked Mon-Fri, the moms were at home with the children and weekends were family time as were holidays. These days if you run your own business or even if you're employed, the expectations of productivity are so high that you never really even get to switch off over your down time, as you're always worrying about what the next week holds or if you've completed everything you are meant to.
These days both parents often need to work - either to make ends meet, or because the bar on our lifestyle expectations has been raised drastically, or because if there's a stay-at-home parent they play the guilt game. The guilt game goes: I should probably be working, then you start working and think, I should probably be at home with my children, and so on. This leaves us in a constant battle of where we should be directing our energy.
In a discussion with a colleague the other day, we agreed that being a mother is a constant internal conflict of whether we are doing the right thing.
But what if we stopped listening to society and started listening to our hearts?
What if we forgot what everyone else's expectations were and decided to do things that make our hearts sing?
What if we stopped hustling (hear me out), and simply allowed our hearts to lead and our energy to flow, towards what makes us light up? We would probably attract more beautiful energy and begin to fill our cups with what truly matters to us.
Let's take some time to put on head phones (metaphorically and physically) and stop listening to the outside world, and start listening to your inner world about what 'music' YOU'D like to listen to. What if you gave yourself permission to truly
Robs I LOVE this! I have always questioned the word hustling? Haha... it just FEELS unattractive to me?
ReplyDeleteI know i need to do certain things to create the life i desire .... but it's HOW I'm going to be doing those things that i want to focus on for 2020. And how i need to fill my cup regularly on thr journey to ENJOY the journey. Thank you for this beautiful post! Keep writing please!