hustle culture
Hobbies are integral to combating toxic productivity
November 11, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Capitalist societies program us to believe it’s unproductive to set time aside for leisure activities. I’ve countlessly fallen victim to this mindset myself. If I choose to turn my attention to creating art or reading the latest sci-fi novel from my favourite author, I feel guilty thinking those minutes and hours could’ve been spent on school assignments or work. This form of productivity guilt is certainly not helped by social media accounts that glorify hustle culture. This is evident in the daily routines of content creators who appear to wake up at 5:00 a.m., go…
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Health is more important than productivity
February 19, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Success is a subjective term. However, many of us see this word as being connected to finances and job security. In an economy that has taken multiple hits, job searching has become even harder for…
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Indulge your inner child to slow down
September 21, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Mainstream media, education systems, and society tend to place an emphasis on determining individuality through work, but shun you if you find interest in something different from the “norm.” Pressure around grades, job prospects, and…
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Long Story Short: a train ride taught me to slow down
January 5, 2020By: Kim Regala, Staff Writer It’s a Monday evening and I’m two hours into my four-hour class — my professor’s constant lecturing entering one ear and right away coming out the other. I feel my stomach gurgling and I realize…
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