Rewire What Success Means
Objectives
Value Time Over Hustle
Value time, rest, and reflection over hustle and grind.
Prioritize What Matters
Align your actions with your values, not external measures of success.
Celebrate Progress, Not Perfection
Celebrate progress, not perfection. Small changes matter.
Redefine Progress
Redefine growth by impact and meaning, not just income.
What You Can Do
Practice time sovereignty
Try time-tracking tools like Toggl or Clockify to see where your hours go. Deliberately block off time for rest, reflection, and relationships.
Adopt mindful scheduling
Use approaches like Deep Work (Cal Newport) or the Pomodoro Technique to prioritize focus and avoid grind culture’s constant multitasking.
Define values, not metrics
Work through free exercises like the Life Values Inventory or Ikigai framework to align daily actions with what truly matters.
Set “enough” goals
Explore books like Your Money or Your Life or practices like FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) to define what “enough” means for you.
Celebrate micro-progress
Use tools like Habitica or Streaks to track small wins and rewire your brain toward celebrating progress instead of perfection.
Unsubscribe from hustle media
Curate your feeds: unfollow hustle influencers and replace them with communities like Slow Living Movement or The Nap Ministry.
Measure impact differently
Shift evaluation from income/achievements to meaning: journal about relationships, creativity, or contribution rather than productivity.
Join supportive communities
Connect with groups promoting balance and anti-hustle culture, such as Slow Living forums, No More Zero Days, or local mindfulness circles.
Helpful Tools
Clockify
clockify.me
Daylio
daylio.net
Deep Work by Cal Newport
calnewport.com
Focus To-Do
focustodo.cn
Habitica
habitica.com
Headspace
headspace.com
Ikigai Framework
ikigaitribe.com
Life Values Inventory
lifevaluesinventory.org
Practical Psychology
youtube.com
r/FinancialIndependence
reddit.com
r/NoMoreZeroDays
reddit.com
Slow Living Lifestyle
slowlivinglifestyle.com
Streaks
streaksapp.com
The Nap Ministry
thenapministry.com
Toggl Track
toggl.com
Your Money or Your Life
yourmoneyoryourlife.com