Hustle

I resolve to rest in 2022 and naturalise my modern lifestyle. By doing so action needs to be taken so I will reset my body and brain and drain all the ridiculous responsibilities that hustle culture has reared itself upon me.

Downtime is my first aspiration. To find the time to go for a leisurely walk by myself to clear cyber clutter in my head. Look up at the skies and feel the winter chill on my skin and the breeze through my hair. Sit on a bench and watch the rest of the world go by.

Next is diet. Not in the losing weight type of diet but the choosing of nutritional foods my body requires for energy and deliciousness. Hustle culture had me eating on the go fast foods, and gulping down beverages, spilling hot coffee in the morning rush, hot soup lunch on the go, splashing my new blouse or scarf which stain and stay. Dry cleaning became an expense and arguing with the dry cleaner the cost was more expensive than what I paid for the blouse. Tiresome and weary I need to find rest to think. So I resolve to think about what I put in my mouth to nourish my body. Water to hydrate, pineapple to munch and crunch, salads to salivate over and making my own recipe dishes to conquer the fear of failure.

Hustle culture had me bombard my wardrobe with items of clothing with price tags still attached. Wear and tear never touched my wardrobe so am taking a rest from purchasing clothes and wearing the abandoned pieces I already have. If I wear the same clothes twice a week so what, hustle culture don’t notice they just focus on the deal at hand, the take not the give, they will not notice twice in a row sweater you wore that week to the networking gathering game, getting their hustle on.

Health is a must for rest, home gym set up with mat and kettlebell and resistance bands. Can do this in my own time, instead of racing off to the gym where parking is a nightmare, stressful not restful, especially when you arrive at the gym all treadmills taken, loud music blaring, cyclists doing their rendition of 100k London to Richmond, sweat dripping from forehead to floor. I head for the door and resolve to never return.

Successful test is to find successful rest and when you find it you feel it. Success at last I found my resting face, place, space. How did I do that? No hustle needed just an intention to give myself something back. I sit and contemplate what life without rest would be like and became obsessed with stress. If what I want is success then why am I sucking the life out of myself? What do I want? Ask out loud. If an answer does not come then you have what you want. Say it loud and clear. Rest!

Happiness is the key to unlocking the burdens imposed upon us. Quality rest can nurture and boost and promote the happiness I require. It’s what I long for, to be happier, happiest resulting in long term happiness. Happiness is a building block, if we can bottle all the times we have felt and been happy then why not make our own happiness bottles and store them like a well equipped archive. How many litres of happiness do we need a day to keep us hydrated and dopamine fed? I resolve to keep happy bottles to hand to improve mood and strengthen my relationships.

Now am I ready to rest? If I want a better future for myself and my loved ones then Yes.