Hustle Culture

In this lesson, your students will:

• Read three short personal stories focusing on vocabulary about routines, stress, and slow living.
• Notice Present Simple and Present Continuous in the texts, discuss the rules, and practice using the corresponding time markers.
• Discuss personalization questions, reflecting on work habits, boundaries, guilt around rest, and work–life balance.
• Expand the topic with burnout, balance, deadlines, switching off, and multitasking vocabulary.
• Listen to a podcast, brainstorm and discuss small everyday techniques to train the brain to relax.

This lesson includes up to 20 exercises that give students the language and confidence to talk about their lifestyle, stress levels, routines, and attempts to slow down using Present Simple/Continuous and key vocabulary related to hustle culture and relaxation.