In July this year, Tik Toker Lexi Larson shared how she was fired from her new job at a tech company two days after she disclosed her salary to TikTok. While she was legally allowed to do so, the company said that her TikTok account could pose security risks. Larson isn’t the only one who is under scrutiny for her social media activity.

Starting your own business is a project that will take over most of your life. You are straying away from the typical 9-5 jobs that your friends and family may have. The sheer effort you have to make to get a business up and running will leave you feeling lonely. While it might seem almost expected to feel lonely during your startup journey, loneliness is a slippery slope to several health conditions.

Picture this: You just recently got hired at a new company. You want to impress your boss, so you give every single task your 100%. But over the course of your time at the company, you realize you aren’t getting anything out of this extra work you’re putting in. Hence, instead of going the extra mile, you start to log off at 5 PM as you are supposed to.

“Work hard, play hard.” Most of us have heard this phrase at some point. A simplified version of today’s hustle culture looks like this: you work every day, hoping to set yourself up for success. Often, people focus so much on the first half of this equation that they never have time to “play hard”.

If you have ever sent a job application to a company only to never hear back from them, you are not alone—75% of jobseekers have experienced being ghosted by a company after a job interview. Not just in interviews, ghosting has crept up into every part of corporate life. You can be ghosted by potential recruits, by new hires and even by your colleagues.