Some people don’t like to “hustle” and those people often don’t fully understand what the hustle actually is, hence why they don’t like it.
To each one of us, it has a different meaning, but in order for it to fulfill you and make you happy (and it can), you must clearly define it in a way that feels good to YOU.
Hustle is not at all about working 24/7.
Hustle is not about sleeping less and working more.
Hustle is not about always being online.
Hustle is not about constantly being attatched to your phone and laptop.
Hustle is freedom.
Or at least, it can be, if you choose for it to be.
To me, hustle means something completely different than just buckling down and “doing the work”.
The hustle is just as much me “working” as it is me playing and having fun.
The hustle is showing up every day, and writing my thoughts.
The hustle is me making decisions: about what I’m going to write, create, sell, etc.
The hustle is sharing my message in a way that speaks to as many people as possible.
The hustle is connecting/speaking to my community.
The hustle is talking to my clients and my own mentors and sharing my thoughts with them.
The hustle is scheduling my day around things that light me up.
The hustle is about having no schedule at all sometimes. 
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The hustle is about living my life and sharing it on the internet.
The hustle is about me.
Have you made the hustle about you?
Because here’s something important that I really want you to understand:
If you don’t make the hustle about you, the hustle will always be about hustling. You’ll always be anti-hustle because the hustle implies that you have to do something you don’t actually want to do.
The reason that so many people are afraid of the hustle and avoid it at all costs is because they don’t want to do the work that hustle implies.
But what if you made the hustle about you and the work you actually WANT to do?
What if you made the hustle about simply showing up, existing, and sharing your thoughts with the world?
What if you made the hustle about journaling, meditating, and going on long walks?
What if you made the hustle about writing on Facebook from Starbucks every morning?
What if you made the hustle about FUN?
What if –
Today –
You did something crazy fucking FUN and exciting and you just labeled it as “hustle”?
Don’t you think if you did that, you’d be more inclined to love the hustle instead of fear or despise it?
To me, the hustle implies that I do what I want, when I want.
The hustle implies that when I am actually “working” (creating, selling, etc.), I do it quickly, and with complete EASE.
The hustle implies that I am making shit happen in my own life.
I just get to do it in a way that is fun for me.
A way that doesn’t actually FEEL like work.
It’s actually quite insane to me to know that people feel like they don’t have a choice when it comes to what they spend their time on.
Why are you wasting much of your life doing shit you hate and that brings you no joy? Why would you do that to yourself? For MONEY? To pay the bills?
You know –
There is another way and it’s called The Hustle.
Everything you do each day is hustle, but we’re going to clearly define it in a way that makes it sound FUN to you. Something you actually want to participate in. No more hustle-bashing.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR TIME ON?
If you were given an unlimited amount of time, energy, and money, what would you want to spend your time doing each day? Do that.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO FILL YOUR HEAD WITH?
Knowing what you now know about hustle, what new thoughts do you feel would serve you better when it came to that word? Write these out as new affirmations.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD?
If you had the world’s attention and just one breath left to say whatever you want, what is the one thing you would say? This is the message you must share each day.
Hustle is about living your life’s mission and part of living that mission is sharing your message.
Hustle is about the thoughts in your head, and the actions that come from them.
Hustle is about spending your days doing things that light you up and make you feel good.
Hustle is NOT about sacrifice.
Hustle is not about running yourself ragged.
Hustle is not about always being “on”.
Hustle is not about doing shit you hate.
Paint a new picture of what the word “hustle” means to you, because believe it or not, the hustle will serve you. It will always serve you, so long as you are open to being served.
You don’t want to do things slowly, right?
Do you want to get results faster?
Do you want to achieve your goals in half the time you originally planned?
Well, then it’s time to get your hustle on, baby!! In the way that feels right for you.