Dear Aida,

There is a kind of work environment that feels exciting at first —
fast-paced, high-pressure, chaotic, fueled by urgency.
People admire you for surviving it.
You feel important simply for enduring it.

But here is the truth:

Any environment that requires constant heroism is unsustainable.
And anything unsustainable is unwise.

Heroic workplaces run on exhaustion, not excellence.
They rely on sacrifice, not systems.
They reward burnout, not balance.
They praise the people who stay late instead of the people who build intelligently.

The world is filled with people worn down by environments
that never should have demanded their soul in the first place.

Do not let that be your story.