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Is Our "Rest Era" Just as Damaging as Hustle Culture?

Is your body bored? You might be surprised at what it needs!

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Alexa Schirm
May 01, 2025
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I was so glad—SO GLAD—when hustle culture got called out for the devastating effects it had on our health.

All work, no play. No wonder so many people faced existential crises, not to mention numerous health complications.

Of course, there were other factors at play, such as the damaging messaging being portrayed by diet culture at the time. Combine that …

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