Freedom. The Real Kind.

 

What aren’t you doing that you want to be doing?

 

If you’re being really honest with yourself, there’s probably something.

That tug, that whisper. Something you think about more than you admit.

Something you put off for “later”—when you’ve got the money, the time,

the freedom, the courage.

Travel, leaving that job, telling the truth out loud. Following the weird pull in your

gut that makes no logical sense.

 

But when you follow all of those desires down to their root, what you’re probably

craving isn’t just a different job, or a trip, or a big decision—it’s freedom.

 

Freedom to express yourself.

Freedom to be exactly who you are.

Freedom to stop pretending.

Freedom to stop performing.

Freedom to just be.

 

We can kid ourselves so easily. Staying in a job that drains us because it funds

a comfortable lifestyle. Waiting until retirement to start living. Not speaking up

out of fear we’ll be misunderstood or rejected. But at some point, you’ve got to

ask—what’s the point of all this self-sacrifice if the life you’re living doesn’t feel like yours?

 

Why are we keeping ourselves small? Unhappy?

Why do we live with so many quiet compromises?

 

It usually comes down to one thing: we’re making decisions with our minds.

We’re weighing up the “sensible” options. Playing out all the scenarios. Doing what’s expected. What feels safe.

 

But here’s the thing I’m starting to understand: safety and aliveness are not the same thing.

 

Sometimes we need to quiet the noise. Shut the laptop. Mute the to-do list. And listen—not with our head, but with that inner part of us that feels. The part that can’t always explain why it wants what it wants, but knows that something isn’t right. Or that something is—even if it scares you a little.

 

Think about the decisions you’ve made with your head. The ones that ticked all the boxes. Were they what you reallywanted? Did they light you up? Or did they just keep you inside the lines?

 

The mind loves rules. It loves logic. It wants you to stay safe. But that kind of safety can become a cage. Restriction disguised as “doing the right thing.”

 

Real decisions—the ones that lead to freedom—aren’t made in the mind. They come from somewhere deeper. Your body. Your soul. Your gut instinct. Your heart. (Or if you know your Human Design, your authority.)

 

That part of you? It doesn’t care about what’s expected. It doesn’t do spreadsheets or pros-and-cons lists. It just knows.

 

And the more you ignore it, the more disconnected you become from yourself. You start living a life that looks good on the outside but feels flat on the inside. You stop choosing things out of excitement, curiosity, or love—and start choosing out of fear.

 

You weren’t built to live like that. None of us were.

 

So if you’re sitting at a crossroads, ask yourself this:

 

What would you tell your best friend to do?

 

What would you say if she came to you, tired of playing small, knowing she wants more but terrified to take the first step?

 

You’d tell her to go for it.

To trust herself.

To stop making decisions from fear and start choosing from feeling.

 

So why not give yourself the same grace?

 

This is your one wild, unpredictable, unrepeatable life.

Don’t wait for permission.

Choose freedom. And choose yourself.