I Am Taking A Break From Medium

The Hustle Lies to You — Rest Is the Real Power Move

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We have all seen a bad patch here on Medium during the last month, and the situation is still not getting better. (in terms of earnings).

However, there were fewer account revocations and suspensions this month, as compared to the past couple of months.

I was the one pushing everyone not to quit. Because my teacher told me;

Whenever you’re tired, learn to rest, not quit. Let me confess, I am tired.

I used to think rest was for the weak people. As a young person, when you are energetic, you always think like this.

One more thing was always in my mind: I should not take a rest.

And that every second I am not working, someone else is getting ahead of me.

But let me tell you something—burnout is real.

You are young and energetic; that’s good.

You can work 18 hours a day and don’t even feel it; that’s great, but let me tell you the reality: you’re a human, not a machine.

I learned it the hard way.

Pushing through exhaustion, forcing creativity when my brain was drained, and showing…