They told you to work hard.
To hustle. Grind. Bleed for your goals.
And now you wear your exhaustion like a badge of honor.
But let me tell you something few dare to say:
Most people aren’t working hard to build anything.
They’re working hard to escape themselves.
The Tripalium: Work as Torture
Let’s start with the origin.
In French and Spanish, the word for work—travail and trabajo—comes from the Latin word Tripalium.
What was the Tripalium?
A three-pronged instrument of torture.
And we wonder why people are spiritually dead at their desks, glued to routines that kill their soul while keeping them busy.
You’re not your job.
You’re not your inbox.
You’re not your calendar.
You are a being, not a function.
Efficiency vs. Identity
We’ve mistaken efficiency for identity.
We’ve confused being busy with being alive.
Let’s be real:
- You’re not productive—you’re avoiding presence.
- You’re not building—you’re buffering meaninglessness.
- You’re not striving—you’re running.
Because stillness terrifies people.
Why? Because in stillness, the truth echoes back:
“You have no idea who you are without all this noise.”
You’re Not Chasing Money—You’re Escaping Truth
Most people chasing “success” aren’t building a legacy.
They’re chasing validation. Running from trauma. Trying to be useful so they don’t have to face the emptiness inside.
And no, this isn’t an attack on ambition.
It’s a call to remember your divinity.
Because creating from alignment is sacred.
But hustling in fear? That’s modern slavery wrapped in dopamine.
The Truth: Creation Is Sacred. Movement Must Be Directed.
I’m not preaching laziness.
Idleness rots the soul too.
But there’s a difference between:
- Acting from purpose vs. reacting from fear.
- Creating vs. overcompensating.
- Doing what matters vs. doing to be seen.
Hard work is not the problem.
Blind effort without consciousness is.
You can spend 80 hours a week building castles in a desert.
Or 4 hours a day building something timeless from presence.
One will drain you.
The other will expand you.
Stop Worshipping the Struggle
You weren’t born to hustle, you were born to create.
Not to escape, but to express.
Not to work until you’re dead, but to live like you’re awake.
The world doesn’t need more tired, busy bodies.
It needs conscious creators.
Who move with clarity.
Who work with fire.
Who act with truth, not desperation.
So if you’re tired, ask yourself:
“What am I really running from?”
Then stop running.
And start becoming.
—
Coach G
