Escape from the Rat Race

You work long hours in an oppressive environment, spend ages stuck in trains, buses and cars, and for what? To crash on the sofa with only enough energy to dial a take-away and watch TV? The impact of this lifestyle on your physical and mental well-being, as well as your personal relationships, is stunting and dehumanising: why work so hard to buy yourself luxuries, when you are too tired and dispirited to enjoy them properly? In the rate race, only a rat can win, but there is an alternative, and one for which thousands of people worldwide are beginning to opt. Nicholas Corder has done it, and here he shows how you too can change your way of living to one of simplicity, increased happiness and immense satisfaction. Just begin by making small changes to your working, living and spending patterns, until you reach a level with which the family is comfortable. Corder advises on all of these changes and suggests practical ways to escape the rat race and start enjoying a more balanced, happier life.