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From 24/7 Hustle To 'What the F*ck Am I Doing?

4 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, Melissa Dlugolecki prompts Speaker B to give a concise, "elevator pitch" overview of a career that, on paper, appears wildly successful but is defined by relentless, 24/7 work—so much so that the speaker’s spouse nicknamed them the "24/7 hustler." The conversation quickly pivots to the moment of stark self‑realization when the speaker, despite external markers of success, asks themselves, "what the fuck am I doing?" This moment captures the tension between external achievement and internal fulfillment, setting up a broader discussion about hustle culture, burnout, and the search for meaning that many listeners can relate to.

You know, you've shared your career. Let's get like, you know, you can give us the elevator version, elevator pitch version of kind of, you know, your career when you were in that life of should. Yeah. On paper, wildly successful.
Yep.
Working 24/7, 365, as your wife nicknamed you. And all of a sudden you looked around and you're like, what the fuck? So talk to us about that. Yeah. Because I think a lot of people can relate to that moment.
I was walking around dead or numbed out. Let's put it that way. I was definitely numbed out. You know, my story, I'll give you the whole arc of it. When I was 8,