Elliott's first eleven months

Why Escape from the Rat Race?

Wikipedia defines the rat race 'as an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit.'  It doesn't say how you can escape it!

It's all about the attitude to life you have.  This includes the things you value and the perception you have.  You think my career as a teacher would be rewarding but it feels like I'm caught up in a rat race; most of the time I despise working in a school environment.  In my opinion life passes far too quickly to do something you hate.  I look around at the decay of others and realise: I will, one day, be old and possibly useless to society.  

My self indulgence makes me feel guilt.   As I see victims around the world suffer, I wonder how I can survive by doing exactly what I want, when I want.  It is far from a struggle for survival but a desperate attempt to carve my own utopia.


This is my attempt to escape from the rat race!
  My only saving grace is my son.  He is nearly 11 months old and along with my wife and dog make up my family.  I would like to find a way to stay at home with them so that everyday I'm making the most of the little life I have.  My first 11 months with Elliott and seven years with my wife have flown by.  Now it is time to slow things down.

This is my attempt to escape from the rat race!