I am adamantly opposed to the conception of grind culture. I swear to god, if you 💯💯💯 me, I will consider it a hate crime, and will report you to my local self-governance group for a reparative harm process. This isn’t to say that I do not understand that work is often required of us all. I am, quite famously, a bitch with five jobs, after all. My point is more that glamorizing having a side hustle – or side hustles – and positing that said side hustles can lead you from financial precarity is dubious at best and problematic at worst.
I say this because, very sadly, the side hustle is not in any way shape or form a new invention. All ones needs to do is check out the middle ages for an absolute treasure trove of people who were working several many jobs. It didn’t really change their lives. Allow me to explain.
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Going Medieval 