13 Dec 2024

As the year wanes, a simple truth emerges, stripped of its pretenses: doing more is not a virtue, nor is it proof of one’s worth. The cult of hustle, that modern idol, demands perpetual motion, convincing us that to rest is to fail. And yet, it is this blind pursuit of busyness that hollows us out. We rush, we grind, we celebrate the size of the task, not its meaning, until we find ourselves burnt out, trapped in the wreckage of our own ambitions. The wiser course is to do less—but to do it with care. To find dignity in small, deliberate victories rather than frantic sprints toward hollow goals. For it is not speed or quantity that gives life its weight, but the quiet satisfaction of doing only what matters and doing it well.

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