This person slept 3.5 hours a night and gained 80 pounds. That’s one way to live but not the way I subscribe to.
But yes, work hard in your 20s pursuing dreams with no compromises. Your dreams are yours to define including: having kids, being a ski bum, etc.
The author assumes success will come if they just work hard. There is no guarantee of success. The author also assumes that they'll figure out how to enjoy a life in their thirties, when the twenties are likely the best time to get to know yourself. The author, from reading the text, has also made a few bad lifestyle choices which will take a lot of time and effort to reverse.
There is no doubt you need to work hard - not just in the twenties, but throughout life - but if one do not take out the time to take care of themselves or to touch grass, it will pass them by while they're too busy hustling.
I would rather push around a shopping cart full of aluminum cans whenever I'm not sleeping under a bridge than (waves hand) build that.
Instead, I leave my work at work once I hit 8 hours, get a full night's sleep, go scuba diving somewhere tropical twice per year, and build things that won't embarrass my parents.
cjbenedikt•5mo ago