31/03/2026
The Weight of Freedom
Living the dream on a tropical island, I find myself sitting with very real life questions:
Where do want to live?
Where do I belong?
How do I create a life that is both free and sustainable?
Years ago, when I was working a 9–5 office job in London, commuting every day, I thought freedom was the answer.
I thought: one day I’ll be free and life will feel more like mine.
I left that life in 2018 and became “free”.
Since then I’ve been learning that freedom is not just a lifestyle but a psychological and embodied task.
Freedom and responsibility are not opposites.
They come together.
When you are free - no one tells you what to do.
But that also means - there is NO ONE to tell you what to do 😅🤷🏼♀️
Because when there is no external structure, the structure has to come from within.
When there is no authority, you have to become your own authority.
When you can go anywhere, you have to choose where to stay.
When you can do anything, you have to decide what really matters.
From embodied prospective: too much structure - the body tightens, collapses, feels trapped.
Too much freedom - the body can feel ungrounded, scattered, without direction.
And I’m not writing this because I have mastered it.
I’m writing this because I am still learning how to live between structure and freedom, between holding and letting go.
Not how to be free,
but how to hold freedom and responsibility at the same time.