I Didn’t Publish for a Day — Here’s How I Felt
Hustle culture remains to be harmful
For anyone following along, I’ve been writing and publishing articles for months now. In fact, I’ve been pushing ‘publish’ on a daily basis.This past weekend, I was out of town for a baby shower. Normally, I keep a backlog of content ready to publish.Stockpiling content is a way of life if you want to be a writer.I like to keep 3–7 days' worth of content, so I have something to publish in advance.Despite continuing to write every day, I hit a wall. I was writing, but I wasn’t inspired to write about anything.And, on this occasion, I ran out.I felt like I was letting myself down. I felt like I missed the boat. I felt like I gave up on myself.All because I missed one day of publishing.I made the promise to myself to publish every day, and I broke it.It wasn’t a bad thing though, yet it felt like it was.It reminds me of hustle culture and the constant need to be grinding. You can’t live your life that way. It leads to stress and burnout.It has to be okay to take time off. As much as I love writing every day, I’m going to take a break when I need it.
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