
The Right Kind of Busy

burnout didn't kill me, ambition did
Protima Tiwary (aka Dumbbells and Drama)shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com
Somewhere in my mainlining of these philosophies, my wires got crossed. I conflated being busy with being responsible; productive with being profitable. A sense of ambient hustle urged me forward toward an imaginary (or rather, quantified) finish line. I filled every spare moment with a podcast, newsfeed, or task, reflexively stuffing my day until ... See more