Choosing race to financial independece over rat race

As human beings born in this global society all of us have two choices rat race or race to financial independence. One is a never ending circular race and other helps you find your purpose. The present educational system which is a product of industrial revolution era prepares us only for rat race.  Unfortunately Personal Finance 101 is not a course in high school and most of us are unaware of the choice we have.

Race to FI is a race once can win by lifting oneself from the blinding aspects of the day to day money matters and having a birds eye view of what money is and how you want it to be in your life. Here you race against yourself, improving yourself in each step. Bringing out better versions of yourself in all aspects.

Being FI is not only about improving your finances and money matters. Its about the holistic improvement of yourself. Its being fulfilled all the time without compulsive need for having more. Its about finding what enough for you and purposefully living in the enough zone. Its about having a choice to find your purpose in life. Authors of "Your Money or Your Life" defines money as life energy. Financial independence focuses on making the best use of you life energy so that none of it is wasted and all of it is used in ways that keeps your life filled with joy and passion.

Instead of racing against the world of rats, choose to race for your financial independence. There are a lot of reasons why financial independence is the best choice. Rat race is a never ending race where you run in circles like a donkey chasing carrot tied to his head. Irrespective of how much income you have, being in the rat race wont keep you fulfilled. The question "Why is it so hard?" always looms around rat racers.

The ultimate solution for ending the hardship is to run your race to financial independence and win. Racing is tough. It takes discipline, perseverance, knowledge, vision etc to win the race. But the simplest fact is that with a little bit of effort, anyone can win in this race. Its just a matter of perspective about how we see life and money. Either you have to be in the rat race or you have the choice to race for financial independence. Make your choice and start racing for financial independence. 

As Paulo Coelho shows us in "The Alchemist", once you make the choice to be financially independent, the whole universe conspires to bring you to it.