“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.”
Epictetus
What do you consider to be freedom? Freedom is the ability to just get up and do whatever you want with not having to look over your shoulder and worry about what others think. It is having money to do what you want and not having to work (9-5) if you don’t want to. That was a synopsis of the definition one of my uncles gave me, he is 89 years old. Do you agree with him and if so why and if not why?
He made sense to me and I realized I want to be free to really live how I want. The question is what do I want. I want to have enough resources that I don’t have to “worry” about how I will afford to “live”. Especially in these times with Rona. The fact is the situation we find ourselves in made me like many persons I know step back and reevaluate life. Is what I am doing now really worth it? Do I want to continue like this? It explains the “great resignation.” Some persons are just at the stage mentality where they just don’t want to continue as it was before, you know when it was “normal.” They just don’t want to go back to living for others but they want to live for themselves. “The ability to live for me” was how someone else described freedom. So I asked but weren’t you doing that before and the person said no and showed me how their lives was consumed by work and the worst thing was they didn’t even like the work. Sigh. Can you relate?
My quest for freedom is closer to what my uncle described. It involves my family and so it’s not all about me per say but me and the ones closest to me. I guess I’m at that stage in my life when I can and do say is this really what I want to do? Is this worth the time and the effort? Or am I doing this because it’s what I should do? As someone said to me recently you have to find your center and when you do that’s where you will find the answers you seek. Well I sometimes think I am there and but then something happens and I’m thrown off. When this happens it’s feels like I’m about to start all over again. That can be so frustrating. So I made the conscious decision to listen and learn and find that center because I want to stay there and also find that freedom. When I find it I must be able to hold on with both hands so that it doesn’t escape. 😉
What do you consider to be freedom? Let me know as I really want to know what you are thinking, and I know others do too. Try commenting 👍🏽, but if you are not comfortable, reach out to me via any medium. Your comments let me know how you feel and very often give me a total different perspective on the topic. 😉. And you can never tell your comment might help others.
Always remember life is for living and you must always live your best life. #lifeisforliving #liveyourbestlife #gratefulforlife.
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In my opinion, to be free is as your uncle said, being able to do what you want when you want to.
Simply put, having options.
Knowing that if someone you care about needs help, you can get up and go help no matter where they are because you have the options of what to do with your time and finances. Asset building and passive income are some ways to build a future as this where you work a 9 to 5 for fun and not out of need.
Freedom doesn’t come easy and is surely uncomfortable but a great person once said that true success lies outside of our comfort zone. This way we can experience true bliss not having to worry on what will be trivial matters.
Freedom is something that you have to work for. As you said it doesn’t come easy. Your mindset is extremely important. It doesn’t happen overnight. 🙏🏽