The majority of the population gets caught up in the rat race and become prisoners of the comfort zone. It creeps up on you, slowly but surely and without noticing it, one day you wake up feeling stuck in a rut.
Believe it or not its the security blanket and the comfort of lowering risks and buffering the unknown that keeps us prisoners of our destiny. Without those elements, all of us would pack up and leave for a better lifestyle.
We live comfortable, normal, redundant lives. The only real complaint we have is the rat race. You’re tired of getting one raise a year, tired of sitting at your cubicle, knowing you could do much more than what you do or tired of being exploited.
Building your own career away from the rat race, free from the cubicle-prison, without the office drab, is not an obvious move for everyone. You even need to be different and/or misunderstood to pull it off. Not to mention a high risk taker. Often we think that’s the only way out. That’s one way. But it’s not the only way. The environment you’re in can have a dramatic effect on you and the rat race syndrome.
Most foreigners who move to beautiful places under the sun, such as Marbella in southern Spain, look to get away from the rat race. That demotivating condition in which you feel you’re nothing more than a cog in the bigger picture. Often, those who take that risk, often feel they have succeeded.
Imagine waking up in the morning to the sound of waves gently rolling onto the Mediterranean seashore. A light ray piercing through your window as the sun starts to shine, a big red ball waking up in the east over the sparkling sea. A far cry from the city hustle and bustle and beeping horns, nestled in the comfort of your own home. You have reached the quality of life, you only dreamt of prior to hitting Marbella.
You still work from home or even have an office job, but the start of your morning sets the tone for the rest of the day, in peace and harmony. The pressures are mild and somewhat secondary to life itself as everything around you oozes warmth, comfort, happiness and relaxation. The rat race seems a distant past. Everything you do is in spectacular settings, at a much more comforting pace and there are no problems that cannot be resolved tomorrow.
You have the luxury of enjoying life’s little things. Going out for dinner in your favourite place with friends and family. Spending time together at the beach, in a cafe on an excursion – all these activities are a normal part of living in Marbella. This change of pace and inclusion with family members and friends, this extra leisure time that’s there for you to embrace changes your quality of life forever. Once you have had a taste of heaven, you never go back to the rat race. Not to mention the safety and quality of life you bring to your children by spending more time with them than you would have ever done stuck in the rat race.
No words are strong enough to describe the value Marbella brings to life and someone’s wellbeing. It is priceless! You get to enjoy living; something alien to many, prior to moving from the rat race to Marbella. Can you escape the rate race? Yes, you can.
