You’re chasing the dream. But at what cost?

The hidden burnout most founders call “grind.” This letter might hit too close to home — in a good way.

Healthy Hustles

🔁 What You’ll Gain in This Letter

  • Why your hustle might be sabotaging your health and you don’t even see it yet

  • The hidden reason “success” still feels hollow (even after the big win)

  • A powerful reframe to stop chasing burnout in the name of ambition

  • How to build your dream without burning down your body

  • The one mindset shift I wish someone told me before I hit rock bottom

Hey Hustlers,
I’ve been thinking a lot about what success really means and why so many of us chase it at the cost of our health. If you’re feeling drained, overwhelmed, or like something’s slipping through the cracks, you’re not alone. Today’s letter is for anyone caught in that trap.

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🧠 The Clarity Letter

You’re building the dream, but losing your health. That’s not success. That’s sabotage.

We romanticize the hustle.
We glorify the grind.
We post our "success" at 2 AM, sipping caffeine with dark circles like war medals.

But no one talks about the downside of relentless ambition:

  • The chest tightness that won’t go away

  • The constant doomscrolling to numb the burnout

  • The “wins” that feel like nothing because your nervous system is fried

At some point, it stops being ambition and starts being self-destruction.
And nobody wins when your health collapses before the dream comes true.

Here's what nobody wants to admit: You're not building success if you're destroying the vehicle that creates it.

Your body isn't optional equipment in your entrepreneurial journey. It's the engine. And engines that run without maintenance don't just slow down they explode.

“What’s the point of reaching the mountaintop if I’m too sick to enjoy the view?”

Healthy Hustles

I've seen this pattern destroy too many brilliant minds:

The consultant who landed her dream client but couldn't enjoy it because chronic stress gave her panic attacks.

The developer who built a six-figure SaaS but ended up in the ER with chest pains at 28.

The creative who finally got their breakthrough moment but was too burned out to capitalize on it.

They thought they were winning. They were actually losing the only game that matters.

Listen, you can't pour from an empty cup. You can't think clearly with a foggy brain. You can't show up consistently when you're running on fumes.

Here’s the truth:
The dream doesn’t require your sacrifice.
It requires your sustainability.

Let this be the week you trade burnout for boundaries.
Let this be the week you remember:

Your health is not the price of your dreams. It’s the fuel.

Abdulmuiz Sulayman

So here's my challenge: What would change if you treated your wellbeing as your most important business asset?

Behind the Hustle

Let me share with you some of the things I have been going through for a while.

I've been running insights across multiple channels, and you've been missing out on some of my best content because it was scattered.

Starting now, everything's in one place.

Instead of juggling separate newsletters for the same audience (you brilliant, overwhelmed entrepreneurs), I'm consolidating all my mental wellness insights into Healthy Hustles.

What this means for you:  More comprehensive content Better insights per email
No more FOMO on scattered updates Same great value, better delivery

Success at the cost of your well-being is just burnout in a prettier outfit.

You weren’t meant to hustle sick.
You were meant to build with clarity, health, and heart.

If this hit you in the chest — good. That’s your cue to stop normalizing what’s breaking you.

📩 Each week in Healthy Hustles, I send real, human letters like this — plus the tools, planners, and prompts to help you hustle healthier.

Start today. Your future self will thank you.