Salty Booger
Royal Crown Cola (RC)
How do you define freedom?
Do you consider yourself free?
(a short video if you care to watch)
Do you consider yourself free?
(a short video if you care to watch)
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My children are grown. I am divorced. It seems all I need do is choose what I want.the circumstances of your existence.
Is that a new avatar? I noticed it earlier but failed to mention that I like it.I'm free now. It took me a while.
New here, yeah. I've used it on Discord already. It's Tuca from Tuca & Bertie.Is that a new avatar? I noticed it earlier but failed to mention that I like it.
Get paid to play, do what you love.The one who knows how to make their work into play will never "work" another day in their life.
My children are grown. I am divorced. It seems all I need do is choose what I want.
that is the real goalGet paid to play, do what you love.
Family life is great, but it is also a long term commitment. It is a dream in itself. I have reached the point where all my commitments are over. I am reasonably healthy. My personal debt is low. There's nothing holding me down.I've got three kids(14, 6, and 1) and a husband who requires just as much care and attention. Yet... I do feel free. Whether you're bogged down or not is all in your head...
How do you define freedom?
Do you consider yourself free?
(a short video if you care to watch)
No, not free. More free than many, though, and some of my chains are of my own choosing.
These chains of your own choosing, is one of the reasons you wear them because you want others to be free too?
It varies. Some are because the cost (loss of freedom) is worth the benefit. Simplest example of that is that I have a family.
In some cases there is very much a belief that my freedom shouldn't impinge on the freedoms of others.
In some cases it's due to my personal 'morality', which can be a tricky thing to define. But I've taken actions at times which are constrained by how I think I 'should' act.
Some is because of attachments, or ego. These are things I am generally good at managing compared to most around me, but I'd also suggest that's a pretty low bar in a modern, affluent society.
There'll be some other variations to this theme too, but hopefully that gives some indication of where my meaning lay.
Then you are free to choose your own chains?No, not free. More free than many, though, and some of my chains are of my own choosing.
Then you are free to choose your own chains?
Okay.Not in all cases, but I'm generally lucky.
I didn't always get what I wanted, but I'm still standing. Am fortunate to have a culture that allows me opportunities.I grew up in a country where education was accessible, for example. Where my basic health needs were met
Please elaborate....?A stable and well-rounded base 'lifestyle' that I could make my decisions from.
It is your Life. Providing you are not making demands on others, I see no reason why you should be shackled.Like anyone, there are all sorts of chains I might not even be aware of, in terms of societal expectation, familial expectations, and the like.
Please elaborate....?
It is your Life. Providing you are not making demands on others, I see no reason why you should be shackled.