What Do You Think About Rise n Grind?

On Monday especially, everyone tried to follow one rule of "rise n hustle" which is more serious than the Instagram hashtag. Wake up early before sunrise, hit the workout, grabbing a cup of brew and grind is just sounds like staunch. Additionally, it is a badge of honour that many young workers wear to show that they are hustling seven days a week. However, for many millennials, that is work right now - wake up, live in a grinding zone, sleep, and repeat.

They are somehow good at managing their work-life systematically.

It is easy to see how hustle culture has become a mantra for the masses. Undoubtedly, hard work is rewarded with promotions, increments, and more incredible opportunities lay ahead. This is all about dedication and hard work to tackle their tasks. As millennial stereotypes of laziness and entitlement still seem to make the rounds, the purposeful visibility of the hustle cohort acts as a helpful counterpoint to these attitudes. Hustle does not mean squeezing yourself into a single task but enjoying the process more that pays off.

For some, it is not so much a performative trophy to hoist and a lack of upward mobility. Still, there is something inherently discerning about the rise and hustle mindset. Show a flux-positive attitude and get feasibly burned out at their work. Getting by is a stretch for so many, and competing for work. By any means becomes a matter of survival, what you do feels like work, and struggling for what you do not like, you get fed up. If that means hustling without the choice to live any other way, the rallying cry of millennial productivity sounds more threatening.