Why I Chose Slow Living Over Hustle Culture
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- The concept behind hustle culture mindset isn't inherently negative.
Yet along the way, we may be losing sight of what's truly more important than the carrot on the stick we've been chasing after.
#simplelifestylevlog #minimalistlifestyle #thailand
Follow A Slow Simple Life
🌿 Socials: linktr.ee/aslowsimplelife
📚 My recipe e-book www.amazon.com/Suzy-Parcero/e...
All music featured in this video is from Epidemic Sound. Get 1 month free with this link 😊 share.epidemicsound.com/4b14ac
No obligation at all, but if you find meaning in my content, I invite you to join me on Patreon / aslowsimplelife .
Chapters:
00:00 Hustle culture
00:52 Sustainability
02:18 Comparison trap
03:58 Life is short
05:55 What slow living is
Reason #1: It is not sustainable
Hustle Culture focuses on the desire for more - more money, more recognition, and creating a bigger empire, which is often driven by a need for external validation.
It also legitimizes the idea that to be successful and get anything meaningful done, you have to be doing long hours.
Exhaustion is normalized in hustle culture, but this mindset has proven to be profoundly unsustainable and can lead to burnout and mental breakdown.
According to a study by Deloitte, 77% of people have experienced burnout at their job and 42% have left their jobs because they felt burned out.
The concept of hustle culture, which emphasizes hard work and goal achievement, isn't inherently bad. It can provide motivation and drive to succeed. However, the problem lies in its one-size-fits-all approach, often neglecting the importance of work-life balance and self care. As with anything in life, a lack of balance is never sustainable.
Reason #2: Stuck on comparison trap
Social media has exacerbated the popularity of hustle culture. It has made it easier, quicker, and more impactful to broadcast the best and oftentimes inauthentic versions of oneself. And so, it has created a society of constant comparison and competition.
We keep up with the Joneses to acquire the status symbol as the people next doors. Yet in social media, everyone is pretty much living next door to us, so there's plenty more points of comparison. We hustle harder to be better, richer, or more accomplished than others.
Instead of always comparing with others, we can focus more on our personal growth and goals that sync with our values, independent of what others have.
Defining what's essential to you based on what you value can go a long way in avoiding the comparison trap that leads to unhappiness and constant discontentment.
Reason #3: Life is short and precious
I was a very ambitious person and wanted to achieve so much in so little time. But I have gotten to a point where I had enough of the never ending comparison and competition.
I still have goals and things I want to achieve. But I no longer put myself under a strict deadline.
The reality is that nobody knows when our time is up, so I don't want to live my life hustling so hard for a future that I may not even witness if I end up getting very ill, or worse, dead.
Hustle culture may be viewed by others as a means to an end. But it can also easily lead to our end if we get caught up in the hustle and disregard our well being.
An Antidote to Hustle Culture
Everyone has their own ways of quitting hustle culture. For me, it is by living slowly and intentionally.
Slow living is not a curated country aesthetic, cottagecore living, linen clothing, or completely cutting oneself off of technology.
It is all about taking things deliberately, being mindful of your time and how you are spending it. Slow living isn’t about doing nothing, it’s about doing what matters to you and not letting society dictate what that should be.
We are not machines who must maintain constant productivity 24/7. We need some time away from our business or job or other responsibilities and enjoy some much needed slowness
Take a full day to be present in your life, no opening emails, no business planning, no sneaking in an hour in the morning to work on your latest client project, no endless scrolling on instagram or facebook.
When we define what is essential for us and not what's essential for others, we don't need to constantly subject ourselves to the hamster wheel of life. We can start creating a life that brings genuine happiness and peace within.
Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”
― Eddie Cantor
Just found your channel and subscribed immediately. You have wisdon and insight beyond your years. Isn't it true - most of the problems, conflict and suffering of humans comes from the inability of a person to sit alone, quietly with her/his own mind? What you are attempting to do takes great courage and mindfulness because the sound of silence is more that most people can bare. Monkey mind forces most of us back into the raging river of modern day life with all the toxicity and traps that make us sick. Thank you for sharing your journey.
And thank you for sharing your beautiful insights ✨️
Wonderful... thank you Suzy 🙏🙋♀️🌻
And thank you ❤️
Beautiful video, music, and above all, its message. Thank you for this magnificent reminder. ❤
Thank you ❤️
I love the idea of slow living, but as an introvert with inattentive ADHD living with three extroverts with ADHD (plus an extroverted one year old) it feels like an impossible way of life. My own focus takes so much energy and it feels like I'm constantly getting knocked off the mental stepstool I'm precariously balanced on while my family demands that I keep up. For reference, I'm the mom.
Please please be careful. I am never going to recover completely from the damage I did to my health both physical and mental, in my working years while raising my 2 children. I had support but it was not enough to protect me. I am 68 years old and just found out I had ADHD my entire life on top of being highly sensitive. My high stress career drained me and made me adapt in unhealthy ways. You MUST have time to yourself in large chunks uninterrupted on a scheduled basis! This may seem impossible but believe me you can/must do this for yourself because you will not survive.
My son is 19 now and he was also diagnosed with ADHD when he was 6, so I can only imagine how challenging it is for you. But being a single mom who raised him by myself, it was not very easy. Yet, I wholeheartedly believe self-care is a necessity for our survival. The romanticised version of slow living portrayed in the media is pretty but we can create our own version of a slow life wherever we are. Please take care, Lydia. ❤️
I was looking for your video last Saturday :) Thanks for recording this excellent one.
Thank you for your kind comment ❤️
Thank you for sharing your view of slow living, beautiful insight ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video and words. Trying to live my life like this too. Thanks ❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
I think our bodies will age more slowly by living like this. Cheers.
😊
your words expressed how i feel in a lot of ways, thanks for the nice video........from a fantastic place i wish to visit again
Thank you and I'm glad my message resonated with you. Wishing you a lovely visit to Chiang Mai soon 🙏
thanks!!....."resonated" another interesting word, greetings from snowy europe @@ASlowSimpleLife
I loved your words very true thank you so much ❤
Thank you 😊
So beautiful, so inspiring 😊
Thank you so much!
Wonderful video thank you
Glad you enjoyed it, Margaret. Thanks for stopping by 😊
Excellent
Thanks ❤️
Very nice and meaningful video
Thank you 😊
It's like meditation. So relaxing and peaceful. Thanks!
Thank you ✨️
you are pretty wise for your age....
I love your videos so much. Can I ask advise or any words of encouragement you may have. If not I totally understand. I’m dealing with a husband with dementia and I’m so afraid of loosing him and being lost and alone.
Oh Colleen, I am so sorry that you are experiencing these difficult emotions, my friend. When our loved ones go through something life-changing, it is not only their lives that change but also ours. In addition to getting emotional support, I believe that making the most out of each day with your husband (which I'm sure you have been doing) matters a lot. Continue to create loving memories together. I'm sending you my love and I'm here for you ❤️
Thank you so much for responding, I know you didn’t have to. I just love your advise on your videos so took the liberty of asking something personal. Thank you. I’m trying. The fear I’m having is the worst part and so wish I could get rid of it. It takes away from everyday. But the hank you friend. You have a special place in my heart. ❤️
I recently deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts. I don't miss it.
I'm glad 😊
✨️💖🏡🌱🌸🌹🪻🐶 🕊 🙂👋🌷
😊