Honestly, I thought 💭 that one word would be more than enough to drive home the argument and statement that I wanted to make tonight. This was something that I was thinking about on my walk home tonight. After spending another 13 hours, well..13.5 hours away from home, tonight, I know that I need to go home and treat myself to a hearty home-cooked meal. What you are seeing above, that is my first home-cooked meal this week. And for the past 6-7 weeks, I have been living pretty much like this. These days, I have been spending a total of 11 to 15 hours a day at the library. Why you asked? Well, as it turned out, as someone with ADHD, it is much easier for me to remain in that state of hyperfocus longer when I am at the library. It’s quieter and most certainly less stressful. Eventhough I do have a much more powerful Gaming PC sitting at home, the level of distraction makes the trade-off…just not worth it. Recently, I’ve had a really good taste of what it would be like now that school is finally over. In one seven hour sitting at the library, I was able to complete 3 days worth of work. But I didn’t just complete my task, I did them well enough that I only had to do them once. And that is already taking into account that I’m still working on a Raspberry Pi 4 with limited hardware performance. Could you imagine what it would be like if I had an actual, half-decent machine to work on? As a matter of fact, once I can secure enough freelance income/earnings, I fully intend on selling off that PC. It’s nice to have, but it doesn’t help me with what I truly needed.

Everyone Deserves to “Hustle” Their Own Way

Here’s what I want to say tonight: We’ve been thinking about hustling all wrong.

We see those Instagram-worthy posts and media-friendly versions of “the grind,” so we think hustling has to look a certain way. The 4am gym sessions. The multiple monitors. The “sleep is for the weak” mentality. Or even that guy who’s working two delivery jobs to support their family (total respects by the way).

But who had the monopoly on what hustling should be (or looks like on the surface)?

What if I told you my hustling is about respecting what my brain actually needs to perform? What if my version of maximum effort means staying away from home 15 hours a day – not because I’m avoiding problems, but because I’m creating the best conditions for solving them?

That’s not running away. That’s running straight at them, armed with enough self-awareness and ZERO apologies.

Real hustling isn’t about suffering for performance. It’s about understanding what you need to succeed and being brave enough to do it, even when it looks unconventional to others.

Find your own hustle.

If it helps you be at your best, forget what everyone else thinks. At the end of the day, results speak louder than appearances.

You’re not broken if your process looks different. You’re strategic. And you’re already doing better than you know.