I think people who end up free from the cage and rat race need to start doing the opposite of what they did in the cage by focusing more on solving problems they are talented in and enjoy solving. The rat race is more about chasing after money and less about passion/talent. It's basically a race to do what you don't really like with attractive rewards. The rats love the rewards/money alot. So it's used to bait them into a matrix trap, once caught, they are used as slaves to work for the system.

Once free, it's important to do the work you love and have talent for then use that to benefit society. With the freedom, you nolonger need to do any kind of work because of money. But, I doubt people can really be free from the rat race without the CREATOR of the Universe. The system of slavery will work against them and even want them starve/destroyed.