The Economics of Freedom

There are very few things in the World right now that I won't trade for some more time for myself. My job has me deeply invested that I barely get time out to access thoroughly what strides or smallsteps have been taken towards the path of growth and freedom in the period. Needless to say I've not been the happiest person to be around over the last year.

What is perhaps painful to me is that the problem and solution seems very clear-cut. I need more time for myself. By that I don't mean more time to add to my sleep schedule or unproductive hours. I mean hours with clarity and emotional stability to think and plan. That seems quite far away at this point, simply because free time isn't going to be manufactured out of thin air.

My present company isn't going to give it either, and am not in a position to move for now, or at least that's what I tell myself. Simply resigning is not strategy, neither is hoping that things change for the better. I need to somehow create the opportunity for improvements in the future. Then again, I have always known this.

Freedom is about how much time we can actually call ours at the end of the day. For me, it ranges from 9-11 hours daily which I believe is grossly insufficient to chase anything. I know I have a limited timeframe to find a strategic way out, before despair and desperation sets in.