What does “Freedom” mean to Me??
Recently I have been thinking a lot about freedom, and what it means to be free in a society but also what it means to be individually free. What does it mean to be free individually? For me, I strive to be free from a lot of societal norms that I feel have and have had a negative effect on me in the past. I feel like I have been conditioned since I was young to be fearful, to be scared of things, such as the future, uncertainty, etc. Over the past couple of years, fortunately, I began to change my entire mindset on what life means and what it means to live life freely.
For me, one of the main points I focus on when I try to be free is being able to express myself without fear of judgement from other people. This could be my friends or even just other random people that I have never met before. I am happy to say that I am probably the most free I have ever felt. Learning to express myself without fear of judgement really opens up my mind because I can think of a ton of creative journeys I want to take. I feel like a few years ago, I was not “Free” because all of the ideas I had I wouldn't act on because I was afraid of judgement or being hated for doing what I wanted to. I believe a lot of this comes from social media. In my personal experience, on Instagram especially, a lot of people love to hate and will leave just horrible negative comments on posts and on creative things I love to…