The factors limiting our freedoms are not always financial constraints. I've known many people who were not rich who had a great deal of freedom to do what the

The factors limiting our freedoms are not always financial constraints. I've known many people who were not rich who had a great deal of freedom to do what they wanted. Sure they couldn't buy a ferrari every week, but they were able to travel, explore, move around, do creative work and be pretty happy doing it even though they had almost no material wealth. We make choices to take on responsibilities and to follow certain paths, but it's a double-edged-sword. There's something to that quote from 'Fight Club': "The things you own end up owning you".