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Why I Quit the 24/7 Grind: How Hapkido Saved My Mental Health ๐Ÿง ✨

Why I Quit the 24/7 Grind : How Hapkido Saved My Mental Health ๐Ÿง ✨ The modern world has this weird obsession with being "busy" as if it is a personality trait or a badge of honor that we should all be competing for. We wake up, we check our notifications, we work through lunch, and we fall asleep with our laptops still warm on our bedside tables. I was the poster child for this toxic cycle, convinced that if I just worked one more hour, I would finally reach that mythical plateau of peace. Spoiler alert: that plateau does not exist in a cubicle or a home office. It exists in the moment you decide to take your power back, and for me, that realization came through the unexpected medium of Hapkido and the mentorship of Grandmaster Richard Hackworth . When I first enrolled in his session, I was skeptical because I thought life coaching was just going to be a series of platitudes and "hang in there" posters. I could not have been more wrong. The coaching I received wa...