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It doesn’t matter what I do.
I start out well balanced.
With my priorities defined.
Over time I tend to lose it and dive too deep.
I get caught by the Hustle Trap.
With time I self-protect better and I don’t burn out as much as I used to.
Somehow I know what not to do and then still fall for it.
I’m so excited to do the work that I skip breaks that I should take.
I sometimes end up thinking the amount I work is a badge of honor.
This is the problem.
It’s like the frog in the pot.
He doesn’t notice it’s getting hot until it’s too late.
The hustle culture and lifestyle is deeply embedded in our world.
Work today is measured by how much time you spend working.
Sadly, the amount of time spent working is not equal to the work done.
This is it.
By now, I’m taking a step back each 12 weeks to look at what is happening,
just to make sure the hustle trap doesn’t put me back on the wrong path.
This is to make sure to live to a season, not to a year.
It’s cool how the math works out:
Instead of 12 months, I focus on 12 weeks.
This means in 4 seasons of 12 weeks, I have 48 weeks.
A year has 52 weeks.
Which gives me 1 week to step back every 12 weeks.
So we have a cycle of 13 weeks for four seasons of the year.
This structure helps me break the year down
and helps me stay on track —
to not fall into the hustle trap.
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