How to balance working and hustling
I think working is good but hustling is bad, at least for me and my mental health. I wasn’t born type A. I was actually a mediocre student but at some point during my O levels, I became a type A personality and student. Why did I become a type A student? Because I had a new best friend and he was the class topper. And I wanted to top him. I did end up getting the best O levels results in my class — even my parents were shocked. And that started my tryst with being type A. In university, I ran for and won student council elections, started my own magazine and landed one of the best first jobs in the country. I kept hustling. Didn’t settle. I was enjoying most of the process and external validation, minus the pressure I put on myself. Hustling became second nature, until about a year after I moved to Geneva. The new work environment outside of Pakistan — where I could thrive without working my absolute hardest — allowed me to take things easy. And my type A personality faded to the backg...