Adulting and all #5
You know what? Sometimes it's okay to do nothing. No, really!
Helluu all! How are you guys doing? It’s been a while I know (just a polite way of saying: yes I failed at consistent monthly posting)
I am sure you have been coming across the term: hustle or hustle culture, a lot these days. Honestly speaking I have a love-hate relationship with the hustle culture. Let me tell you how I got introduced in the first place. It’s crazy how I suddenly ended up on the productive side of Twitter where the idols go from random celebrities to specific people who talk about getting wealthy, becoming more fit, building something useful to people, doing side hustles, and putting the same wisdom in the content they create. I was very fascinated and motivated when I saw all of this because I was on the verge of starting my podcast— the same people who were getting into the hustle culture helped me come out of my comfort zone and do the things I always wished to do :)
Sometimes it can get a bit weird though. Since we are in our 20’s we are bound to go through typical crisis where we wonder —“Why haven’t I made it yet?”, “Ah I am so far off from what I thought I would be!”, “Man everyone is getting ahead and have their things sorted, I just don’t know what I’ll do tomorrow”, “I don’t think I fit in with all this confusion anywhere”, “I am doing this job for money only, how will I get out of this one and jump into what I like?” … and more of such thoughts (you definitely know this spiral).
No I am not just saying those dialogues for the sake of it, I literally felt like I am running on a hamster wheel. Not exactly in the job sense which most people assume, but in general— like same type of schedule next day and feeling that I have been less creative these days. And why am I getting bothered about creativity? Because I see everyone using it right for their side hustles!
I don’t mean to say that hustle culture it’s bad. It’s awesome at least to me because I got things done and explored more. But the catch is that I always sucked at taking enough rest and this culture made it even worse. I started feeling guilty of not doing enough and not trying hard enough to make time for other things where its very clear that I should be making time for myself first. Just some rest and doing things that would keep me calm.
One more disadvantage about hustle culture is that we forget where we came from and the fact that each of us has our own pace. This pace is affected by several factors: family background, good mentorship(could be parents too), emotional support, childhood trauma, accessibility to information, having the tools and much more.
Next time while comparing your journey to other don’t forget to include all these parameters and I know all of you are lazy enough to just let it go then, haha.
Concluding note on this thing? I know what I need to focus on— giving enough credit to self, getting good rest, and stop going into spirals of crisis because I am doing my best! You should find what you lack at, I am sure you all will be okay <3
May and June updates, lessgo!
Yeah you guessed it right! I don’t want to stretch 2022 rants in 2023 but maybe try some brand new style of newsletter issues. So May and June were pretty hectic in settling in a new place and attending different outings. First few days of May were pretty awkward, even though we (my roommate and I) had shifted places, I felt like a guest in the new place—I was so awkward and couldn’t decide what will make things better. Took me at least a week or two to set things up and decide to finally feel like “I live here now.” Apart from this I had a lot of things going on in my head so to cheer myself up I took myself out on a nice solo date :)
I registered for Pune Comedy Festival 4.0 and it was so much fun. I like watching stand up comedy videos whenever I feel stressed or overwhelmed with stuff. The in person effect was even more tremendous, not kidding! There were some really awesome and some of my favourite comics there— Urooj Ashfaq, Samay Raina, Azeem Bannatwala, Sumaira Khan, Angad Singh Ranyal, Sahil Shah, Kenny Sebastian, and more!!
For some reason I got enrolled in badminton tournament in my company and found playing badminton as a fun sport and a good way to possibly keep me fit (no it’s not new found love because I finally spotted a very cute guy from my workplace in this tournament)
I also discovered that our office has a really cool library with some awesome books in it! Look for it yourself —
June was a very — Let’s not stop going on outings ever kinda month. Not like I was doing this deliberately but it just happened. Since we had good release in the work we had lots of lunch outings as well as lined up parties for the weekend. To top this I also had plans with my friends and had to make it there too! With all this happening I realized that I am not exactly a fan of partying all the time and especially if I am not productive for the week. I like working hard during weekdays and getting things done and then maybe chill out on a weekend.
I had a chance to go on a really beautiful firefly trek in Lonavala at Rajmachi. The sight of fireflies just shining on bunch of trees made me feel so good! I literally have a mental picture of it, phone camera just couldn’t do justice. Next morning we had to trek to Rajmachi point(below). Felt a bit terrified of climbing on such a height at first but later on it felt calming and nice.
After this trek I was feeling refreshed and felt like I should be more productive from now on and made an impulsive purchase for a better table from Pepperfry(and no I don’t regret it, it’s beaut).
Time for some wisdom?
These months didn’t teach me any deep lessons but I guess gave me a important reminder that sometimes you need to take backseat and just enjoy whatever comes. Enjoy the view and just sip on fruit juice. Yeah, sometimes I just want to chill and do nothing— It’s really bold of me to say this after writing an introduction about hustle culture. Humans are full of contradictions, hence proved.
On this note, let’s bid byes to each other for now. I’ll be back with a super wisdomous issue because July and August have been one hell of a rollercoasters (with both good and bad experiences). I love you all who read my newsletters so patiently till the end <3
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