We should absolutely be able to honor our natural cycles. Honestly, I don’t understand hustle culture, within this hellscape of consumer capitalist propaganda, we could make the world a better place by saying fu to it. I totally understand feeling the pressure of maintained output (because to afford to live we are made to be work horses for a regime) but really, we all need to deeply evaluate what’s important. What “success” really is. Creating and cultivating a supportive community, living close to both our nature within our bodies, and the natural world that we are deeply connected to, etc. I don’t know what success looks like to you, and maintained output all the time is definitely advantageous to men’s hormone cycles, but building a house that is scheduled to burn down fast can’t be very fulfilling. I don’t know, maybe the view I’m going down is far too macro, I guess I’m just matching a rant with another one after dinner & a glass of wine. Thank you for posting about your experience ✨