What's your rat race escape plan?

It can be difficult to pinpoint when you joined the rat race, but it happened along the way while you were on your journey.

When you were studying your A Levels or whether you were at University studying, or whatever you were doing you probably didn't have much money to survive, and struggling to make ends meet. Your money went on your less than inspiring flat with your friends and the rest of your money was spent on the bare essentials like food and you didn't have the expensive car in the garage or the big, fancy house you just had to make do and that was fine.

So what changed? At some point you entered the workforce and started making real money, then everything starts to change you "need" that car to show people to various apartments and a nice luxurious house. However does the flash car and the big house really improve your quality of life? Lets face the facts the more money you make; the more things you have to pay for.

The rat race is not like a regular race you could say it is more like a never ending marathon where there is no end point. You just going and the longer you are running this marathon, where consumption seems like a regular part of everyday life.

How to get out of the Rat Race

When finding out how to get out of the rat race you need to see the rat race for what it is because lets be honest you are just trying to keep up and hold onto that big house as well as that lovely looking sports car,and somehow brainwash yourself into believing these things are making you happy when instead your stress is self-inflicted.

Changing Workweek Routine

Lets face it the majority of people work to the strict schedule of 9-5, or something similar, but that does not mean that you cannot dedicate 15 percent of your time to taking part in activities that help you and your well-being, and 40 percent of your time in investing your time into new ventures, not old ones. I know this may sound like a crazy idea, but imagine this: You complete your daily priorities from Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and then during the other days you can invest your time into a new long-term project? By doing this you can slowly start to pull out of the rat race you have found yourself in.

Quality of Life

It is all well and good, if you are constantly working to earn a lot of money, but ask yourself this question. Is that money worth jeopardizing your quality of life? because lets face it your money disappears, as soon as you get it. So are you really gaining anything real from all that money?

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