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Escaping the Rat Race in Scotland, Just Do it!

 For a long time now I have often dreamt about escaping the rat race here in Scotland. The thought of immigrating to another country has been in the forefront of my mind for a long time. My desire grows daily to live in a country where the pace of life is a lot slower, where the sun shines more often, where people seem happier and smile more.

Don’t get me wrong I love Scotland, the beautiful countryside, my friends, family, but like many people I feel that there is a massive decline in moral standards in this country. You can’t walk down the street nowadays without having to witness some wee kid swearing or running amok, everywhere I go I see junkies, drivers constantly running red lights, I could literally go on for ever, but I’m sure you get the picture as to what I hate about life in the UK. These are not just Scottish problems because I travel to London on a regular basis and its even more noticeable there.

I don’t hold out much hope of things ever getting better, we have Gordon Brown as PM now, this guy cant even put his make up on properly, what a fool!  The UK government is more concerned with fighting in American wars, than dealing with problems at home.   I’m still trying to figure out what good those would be cops, the community police officers are meant to be doing. Anytime they see a hint of trouble they are suddenly walking in the opposite direction.

Those social worker clowns have got their stinking teeth ingrained too far into the basic fabric of this country now. Your child could be running wild and creating mayhem and all you’re allowed to do is tell them off, give them a firm slap and you could go to jail. The amount times I have read about junkie shoplifters being given a 50^th or more chances by the judge because of a good report by there social worker. I thought judges were meant to be educated, but it seems that they believe any old crap. Send the junkies round to break into houses of the Judges and social workers and I’m sure we will see some changes for the better.

What was stopping me from leaving Scotland I heard people tell me it’s not fair to leave your family, your child’s education will suffer, you wont get the same health care, all I heard was negatives from other people as to why I shouldn’t leave Scotland. I thought to myself, are they really living in the same country as me.

I don’t live my life through my family and I wouldn’t dream of preventing any of them from following there dreams, I would be helpful and supportive towards them. The Schooling system isn’t getting any better, classrooms are more crowded than ever, I wish I had the opportunity to live abroad when I was a kid, and I wont even talk about health care, try to get a NHS dentist here, you have no chance.

The time had come to take affirmative action and as the title of the recent book I read by Richard Branson says “JUST DO IT”. When you have a family it isn’t quite as simple as just packing your bags and heading off into the sun. You have a lot issues to deal with, such as earning money, place to live, schools etc. But these are all part of the excitement and challenge of moving to a foreign country to live and work.

My escape plan is hatched and the flights are booked for the Caribbean. The island I’m moving to I have been on holiday there many times and I know it extremely well. We have a place to live, school organised and a couple of business ventures ready to start running when we arrive.

Things are looking good, we have almost escaped the rate race, and I’m ticking the days off on the calendar, getting ready for a new challenge.

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