The word hustle shows up a lot in the online world. Everyone seems to glorify this sense of striving for goals. But what is it really and do we really want it? Dictionary.com says striving is to exert oneself vigorously; try hard; to make strenuous efforts toward any goal; to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete; to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance; to rival; vie. For me, striving is when I’m trying to be ahead of where I actually am. (read allowed to be a beginner) It feels like a race against time. A race I can never win.