You only have freedom if you use it
jasonleow • 5 Apr 2023 •
For me, being an indie solopreneur was about the freedom to decide today is an off day and I’m going cycling at the beach with my wife and kiddo.
But I rarely ever exercise that freedom.
Glad I finally did yesterday.
The grind is sometimes so all-consuming. There’s always something to do. Something to fire-fight. Something to improve on. The work is never truly done done. I mean… I love it. I enjoy the work. It feeds me, mind, body and spirit. But I always like to say, any virture brought to extremes turns into vice.
If I had a freedom but I never exercised it, never used it to my benefit nor enjoyed it, then do I truly have that freedom? If I’m always holding myself back from taking that freedom, for whatever good or bad reasons, is that freedom truly mine?
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
I think no. It’s just an impression of freedom. A mirage. But we’re shackled by other chains that holds us back from drinking from it.
I only have real freedom of or from something if I actually exercise it.
When I live it out.
Like yesterday.
Comments
Work-Life Balance.
@therealbrandonwilson what playground?
It looks like there is some type of equipment/play area up ahead along the path.
@therealbrandonwilson Oh yeah that’s a kid’s version of an overhead pedestrian bridge. He got there fine.
That’s a decision that falls nicely in the category of Be Wellthy. I wonder if the distance to the playground feels insurmountable to him in that moment.