By denmarkguy on Skatehive
The other day, I was watching a YouTube clip in which a podcaster was talking about the way more and more people are falling into a trend of being "not interested." As in, not interested in any of the cultural trends and pressures that so often are placed upon us. In a way, it sounded a bit like a western counterpoint to the growing Chinese tangping (or "lying flat") movement, which is a rejection of ambition and the constant drive for success and wealth. I understand the trend... my own revelatory moment came more than a decade ago when I realized that whatever I was doing would never be "enough" and there was a 99% chance that I would never be able to actually retire. So you reach a point in which you decide that you'd rather have peace than success. It doesn't sit well with many people, least of all those who are deeply committed to the so-called "grind" and hustle culture. I suppose my own rejection of Hustle Culture came from understanding that no matter what you might do, "it" wi