Decide for yourself
What is the rat race? If you were to look up the urban dictionary it would say: " A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of lab rats racing through a maze to get the "cheese" much like society racing to get ahead financially. The term is commonly associated with an exhausting, repetitive lifestyle that leaves no time for relaxation or enjoyment ." Put simply, it is where a person trades their time for money. You show up for work, stay and do tasks for the allotted time, then you get paid. What is wrong with this? Nothing! It is a lifestyle that has worked for generations. It is a relatively safe lifestyle. (I say relatively since companies can go out of business. If you are in that company, it can happen to you. I went through this. After I got my associate degree I got a good job at an engineering firm. I thought I was set for life. Then the economy crashed and the firm went out of business. I was stuck p...