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This question brings me to those crazy teenage years of mine when all I wanted was freedom. Freedom from, what was in my mind, parental tyranny and lack of choices and the ability to make my own decisions. At that moment. all that freedom meant to me, was the ability to do what I wanted when I wanted to do it. What I didn’t understand about freedom back than and what most young people don’t understand, is that responsibility comes with freedom. All I wanted to know about freedom was no curfew, no one telling me what to do, no chores, the whole “I am going to do what I am going to do”.
Than it happens, you are unleashed from your teenage years and become an “adult” and you have your “freedom”. That’s when you find out that sure, you can do anything that you want to, only as long as you can pay for it. Freedom costs money. While you live under my roof, you live by my rules. Remember that phrase? When you start paying rent than you get a healthy understanding of the price of freedom. Money and freedom have an interesting dynamic. Money doesn’t necessarily buy freedom but it does help to enjoy it.
Freedom is a gift, a responsibility and something that we should never take for granted. It is an ideal worthy fighting for, those protestors at Wall Street in New York are protesting for, I would argue, their lost freedom of opportunity. You don’t appreciate what you have until you have lost it or are in danger of losing it. I have the impression that they will not stop protesting until they sense that their freedoms are restored and safe.
laurieanichols 
Oh how I can relate to you on this topic of freedom and wanting more of it during my teenage years. I hated all the rules and regulations, and laws. Growing up Roman Catholic was part of it, and what goes with that. Then my dad owned a restaurant where we had to be proper to eat and have manners. Yes, I grew up this way and learned to respect our elders and all that. It was nice to grow up and then get out of it and have the freedom to say and do what I wanted. Now I am learning to make time for myself and having freedom because I use to be a people pleaser. What a great topic.
We have a similar background. I too grew up Roman Catholic with the nuns until high school graduation and my father owned a restaurant where I worked after school as well. It was a great topic because you can apply it to anything. I am so excited for you and your new job!