Judgment online is toxic.

One person's idea of fulfillment could be impossibly different from her neighbor's. That's okay. We all have different goals:

• Family

• Wealth

• Relationships

• Careers

• Passions

The relationship between our personal and professional lives varies as well.

Some of us do not have the privilege to choose how much we work to make ends meet. For those of us that do, as long as our choice does not hurt others, we shouldn't allow others' preferences hurt us.

If we choose to focus on work at all hours because it makes us happy or because it will lead to other types of success, that's okay.

If our professional lives do not define us and we choose to compartmentalize them, that's okay as well.

We are free to choose our own work/life balance.

Hustle culture is demonized to the extreme

One day you're watching some social media performance artist hype up the hustle and you're motivated. Then you hear someone blast people who spend every waking moment trying to make a buck online.

Hustle culture has had its moment online followed by a counter clash of anti-hustle sentiment.

If you are passionate about your work, you shouldn't feel shame for investing the majority of your time in professional pursuits.

Monitor your mental health and take care of yourself, but live a life that fulfills you.

Quiet quitting is a bullshit corporate narrative

Throughout the pandemic, amongst the daily tragedy that everyone faced in vastly different ways, the work/life balance was hailed.

Employers were trending towards policies of empathy for employees to navigate the overwhelming responsibilities of mental survival.

According to the fear-mongering, a growing number of employees are doing what's asked of them for their jobs. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Choosing not to work extra hours. Not exceeding expectations.

It has drawn criticism in the corporate world. Unnecessary.

There's been so much stacked against the employee.

• 40-hour+ work week

• Stagnant wages

• Inflation

• Cost of living

• Lack of housing

It's okay to do what you can to maintain your job, meet expectations and disconnect beyond that.

Quiet quitting is just a garbage description for a fair and just relationship with your professional life.

Choose hustle culture. Choose an equal work/life balance.

You're entitled to pursue it independent of others telling you that you're doing life wrong. Spending time working all weekend or binge-watching TV.

Screw what others say. You do you.