{"id":100489,"date":"2018-07-01T23:27:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T06:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?page_id=100489"},"modified":"2018-08-28T21:43:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T04:43:22","slug":"rat-race","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/rat-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Rat Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get off the rat race, like the Red Queens<\/a>, you keep on running and stay in the same place.<\/p>\n

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Red Queens race<\/h2>\n
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Red queen race. Alice in wonderland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alice is constantly running but remaining in the same spot:<\/p>\n

“Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else\u00e2\u20ac\u201dif you run very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.”<\/p>\n

“A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Hamster<\/p>\n

This symbolizes in modern life, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re always running to chase more dollars, more fame, more power \u00e2\u20ac\u201d yet it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like a hamster wheel. We keep spinning the wheel furiously by running faster and faster, yet, we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go anywhere.<\/p>\n

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Getting off the rat race<\/h2>\n
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The good news:<\/p>\n

\n You have the power NOT to participate in the rat race.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re already on the treadmill, you can decide to either a) keep running, or b) jump off the treadmill.<\/p>\n

I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s human nature to want to get more and more. I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in our human DNA to desire to acquire and possess more stuff, and to also accumulate power, wealth, resources, and social status.<\/p>\n

Yet \u00e2\u20ac\u201d our genes don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t control or determine our future. We have the power to override whatever social programming is embedded into us. You have the power to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

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Practical ideas:<\/p>\n

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  1. Stay at your job, but do the minimum amount of work not<\/em> to get fired, and pursue your own creative interests in your free time. <\/li>\n
  2. Put in your two week notice, and spend a few months in Saigon or Mexico City to reflect on what you really desire in life. <\/li>\n
  3. Quit your job, and switch jobs that give you more free time, more flexibility, and opportunities for travel (even though you have a smaller salary). <\/li>\n
  4. Start your own entrepreneurial<\/a> business. Become a risk taker, and start your own business to sustain your own self-dictated lifestyle. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    YOU (already) HAVE THE POWER!
    \nERIC<\/p>\n

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    Happiness by Steve Cutts<\/a><\/h2>\n