Perhaps all of our anxiety is not caused by broken brains but by working nonstop, missing out on time with our friends and families because we are all so busy 'hustling' and 'grinding' just to survive in an immoral economic system skewed to favor a very few at the top while leaving the rest of the country to fend for itself.
Interpretation
The quote highlights that our anxiety may stem from constant work and neglecting relationships, rather than mental health issues.
Kirsten Powers suggests that many people experience anxiety not necessarily due to psychological disorders, but rather as a result of societal pressures, where individuals are compelled to work tirelessly in a flawed economic system. This relentless pursuit, often referred to as 'hustling' and 'grinding,' leads to the neglect of vital personal connections with friends and family, which are crucial for well-being.
In practice
This quote can be used in a self-care workshop to emphasize the importance of relationships over relentless work.
Rather than teach women how to negotiate with sexists or shrink themselves down to 'likeable' size, perhaps the solution would be for employers to stop being sexist. In the meantime, women will continue to be blamed for their lower salaries.
All together now: Women don't cause sexual harassment, harassers do.
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
Growing up as a queer child in Mississippi, I got my Nintendo in 1985, and I've been lost in this world ever since. When I was scared because my church said people like me were going to burn in hell, 'Final Fantasy,' 'Dragon Warrior' and 'Super Mario' offered a lifeboat.
Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.
So go out and live real good and I promise you'll get beat up real bad. But, in a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway. It's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.
It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell?
Young anglers love new rivers the way they love the rest of their lives. Time does not seem to be of the essence and somewhere in the system is what they are looking for.
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