What has gone wrong, and where?

I lived many years a victim to all the socio-economic pressures on to my psyche that it preys on us with.

But then one fine morning I said enough was enough.

I came out of the maze.

I stepped out of the rat race.

But that didn't mean that I stopped running.

I did that at my own pace.

And surprisingly I discovered I ran faster than I did when I was running to win!