About

Welcome to Race from the Rat. If you are thinking what is with that name! Well, basically it’s a play on the words ‘Rat Race’, and captures very nicely the dream I have of leaving the Rat Race behind. Not just a dream, but a belief that life can be controlled and shaped into something special.

I have experienced first hand the fact that life can, and probably will, throw life changing events our way. The year 2008 will always be a year I remember for it’s life changing twists and turns. It started out like any other with my wife and I living with our two kids in the heart of the United Kingdom. I had what many would consider a very good job with one of the worlds best Aeroengine manufacturers.

The year started out ok, but I soon started to feel unwell and discovered that on top of my existing Hiatus Hernia, I also had high blood pressure, and to top things of nicely I was also Glucose Intolerant - nice! So the diet had to change and I was given yet another tablet to take. One thing I hate is having to take tablets, especially ones that are effectively for life. So I started looking at ways to develop my mental and physical well being - I didn’t just want exercise! Instead I wanted to impact my life in a major way.

We all know that developing and maintaining any form of well being takes a great deal of time and effort. It also relies on removing one of mankinds big enemies - STRESS! My life had two major stress factors - my financial situation and my career. With the dawning of the credit crunch finances were very tight and secondly, after close on 23 years with one employer I had pretty much exhausted the options for a fresh challenge with them.

I had worked with contractors all my life and knew I could match them for knowledge and experience. But I didn’t end up working where I expected. Instead, today, I find myself in Munich, Germany. Yes you guessed it! Wife and kids in the UK and me here alone commuting back to the UK every two weeks.

The benefits are huge! We are financially secure, but have the added pressures of living apart. But the fresh start has given us time to take a step back and view things a fresh. Some of you may remember seeing this site before! To be honest things weren’t thought through properly. The ideas were sound but I needed time to learn and develop. I had a lot in my head, too much really. It was difficult to maintain two ‘Centers of Life’, develop an understanding of my Life-Interface and at the same time maintain an interesting web site and blog!

So welcome to my relaunched site! More thought and time is going into this site so I hope it will finally achieve what I want it to - give back to you the benefit of my experiences in a way that might help you to achieve spiritual, mental, physical and financial well being.

Join me and let’s make our dreams become a reality.

Best wishes

Gary Jordan