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The Version of Me Back Then When I was back in university, I was definitely a different version of myself than the one who shows up today. In second year, I remember getting only about six hours of sleep . Personally, I don’t know how I did it back then. On average, I would: Go to bed at 2 a.m. Awake around 8 a.m. And what was I even doing with my time if I was only getting around six hours of sleep? Studying. Working on assignments. Preparing for exams. I remember that regul

When I first started working at my 9–5 job in the field of business and technology, I remember being on a project that was quite demanding at the time. During the busiest periods of the project, many people were asked to: Stay late on weekdays Work extended hours Even work on weekends I dreaded the idea of having to work on weekends. They were the only two days of the week I had off from work, and I didn’t want to spend that time doing my day job. I remember being asked by on

Something that I learned many seasons ago was how to set boundaries with myself at work . I work a corporate job, and as a result, I am very much entrenched in hustle culture, a culture fixated on over-productivity, output, and performance . In the past, and even now, I often see colleagues in the 9–5 world working well beyond expected hours, sometimes until 9 p.m. or even 11 p.m. The Moment I knew Something Had to Change When I first started working this corporate 9-5 job I