Credit: Seyda Karimpour
Careers
“How I stopped being a #GirlBoss and learned to judge my happiness on more than my productivity”
3 years ago
2 min read
A disciple of hustle culture, it wasn’t until the pandemic hit that Seyda Karimpour, 30, from north London, realised she needed to change her approach to life and work.
“Rise and grind… Good things come to those who work hard… Don’t stop until you’re proud.” Just reading these words today makes me shudder with memories of overwork and exhaustion, and yet, back in 2017, they were the pink-squared mantras I absorbed on social media on a daily basis.
I was working two jobs: one as a digital marketer, running my own small agency, and another as the founder of a co-working space in north London, organising a schedule of events to bring like-minded freelance women together.
My working day began at 8am, and my laptop was rarely snapped shut before 10pm. Weekends were an opportunity to catch up on work hanging around from the previous week, and any attempt I made to switch off invariably failed. I’d watch TV with one eye on my emails, always aware of how much was still on my to-do list.
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