How to live life with purpose and

freedom from the Rat Race

Wake up. Eat. Work. Eat. Sleep. REPEAT

Sounds familiar? It is a routine all of us are all too familiar with. We have been taught that in order to
succeed in life, we need to study hard, get a degree, then work hard, and get a raise. It’s like the world
only has one formula for success, and that if you divert away from it, you are set to fail.

During our parent’s time, this may have been true. Back then, even a blue-collar job is enough to
provide for a family. Nowadays, decades of our country’s bad economical decisions left us with fewer
chances of success. That is if you follow the old formula.

But there is hope. You can live a life with purpose and freedom, without slaving your way in the
corporate world. Here’s how:

First, you need to live. Not survive, but live. Our minds have been hardwired since birth that we need to
do everything to survive. The irony though is that in order to survive, we had forgotten to live. Living is
more than just eating, breathing, or working. You need to enjoy the little thins