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So, what’s the deal about this Freedom Experiment?
First of all, let me illustrate with a little story: As you may have seen, I changed the URL of this blog in July. The reason why I haven’t done anything else about it for so long is because I didn’t really know where to start. Because I want this new blog direction to come off great. What struck me this friday was that I have really been too afraid of failure to start writing about my freedom experiment. And not starting anything (well, not posting anything at all really) is the biggest failure of all. So here it it, dead simple, the start that I have been dreading.
The point is, hold on, I have not been free. My own fears of failure have constrained me, kept me away from doing what I really wanted to do. Ever felt this way? And this is what The Freedom Experiment is all about. Helping you become true to yourself and fulfil your dreams.
It’s about being free from restrains such as illness, obligations, ignorance, self-doubt, debt, posessions and all the other evil concept that drags you down. (I crossed all this badness out for us, if you don’t mind)
Lets replace it with the freedom to travel, learn, read, pursue your dream, dare to be yourself, do amazing thigs++++ The list goes ON AND ON. There’s so much you can do!!
Several times a week I will inspire you with wonderful how-to’s and thought-twisters and interviews with inspiring people. Juicy stuff is coming your way!
What do you want to be free to do?
See my own answer in the comments!
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i want to be free to live my own life :)
ps. great layout!! love the simplicity of it. looks so nice and clean.
That sounds like a great life plan! And thank you so much for being so supportive, it means a lot! :)
I’m still playing around a little with different themes, but I’m definitely going for something simple:)
My list is huge:
I want to be free to travel the world for long periods at the time, I want financial freedom, I want to feel free to do my own thing without caring what others think, I want to be free to be impulsive & make rapid changes, I want the freedom to dress regardless of trends, I want to be free to do what I want & don’t care about qualifications, papers and documents, I want to be free from illness, have lots of energy and live life with focus on the people I love. +++
When I think about what kind of freedom I want my mind instantly goes to Natasha Bedingfield’s Wild Horses. I don’t know why but I think the “All I want is to feel the wind in my hair/To face the fear and not feel scared” represents perfectly where I am right now.
That’s a wonderful song, thank you for reminding me of it! Freedom from fear is fundamental, and a little wind in your hair goes a long way too!
Marthe this is a great project and I wish you the best of luck with it. You set up such a great simple layout here too! :)
For me, I want to be free to live my life with the people I want to spend it with. I also want to have a limitless opportunity for traveling the world. I want to be free from stress and illness. I want to be free from the negativity of others that weighs me down. I’ve got a long list too it seems ;)
Thank you so much, Lili!
I’ve been playing around a lot with the different themes, and I have finally decided to go for this one!
You’ve got a great list there too! :)
I’m really happy that you’re doing this. It’s another reason to be inspired and to be motivated to do the things that you love and make things happen in your life.
I want to be free to do photography, and not be judges by other people who think that the corporate life is the only way to be successful. I want to have the freedom to travel, meet strangers, explore the world, learn about different cultures. I want to be free to make the most out this wonderful life.
Looking forward to reading your posts!
“I want to be free to do photography, and not be judges by other people who think that the corporate life is the only way to be successful.”
You know, I could have written that line myself. I feel exactly the same!
This is so exciting– I recently took an entirely new direction with my blogging, too. It’s such an amazing (& um, FREEING) feeling, isn’t it??
I want to be free to share love constantly, to laugh, to dream big and to focus on meaningful work.
It is freeing, definitely!
I like that you want to feel free to DREAM BIG.
Good luck with your blogging changes, I’ll check out your blog:)
Hey girl, thanks for sharing this.
I have to say that I’m so very glad that I met you in London. You are the part of the awesome experience!
Actually I don’t think it was Lomo that let us know each other, but Dream.
it just suddenly reminds me of the movie by Johnny Depp. in the movie, it says “if you wanna know a person, ask what’s his dream”
I think what you want explains who you are.
I admire your freedom experiment. seriously. I believe you just made a big step to ur dream or ur freedom by quiting ur job and deciding to study photograph in London. and good luck with everything!
Sincerely <3
Ah, Angel, you are such a good friend!
I’m so glad I met you in London too, you made the whole summer so inspiring and wonderful. I’m adding your blog to my reader to make sure I don’t miss any of your entries and I hope we can stay in touch! Let me know if you have plans to come back to London, I have a bed ready for you!
Lots of love xxx
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I really like the sound of this! I want to be free to do what I really want to do in life, start a business. I don’t want to be judged for who I am or how I live. But I think I am lucky, my family and closest friends are accepting of that, I’m just too scared to let the rest of the world know! I think I can be free but I’m too scared to take that leap.
Thank you, Sara!
I’m dreaming of starting a business too.. Who knows, maybe I’ll start here?
Great to hear that your family is supportive, that really matters a lot & simplifies things.
Don’t be afraid of opening up to the world. Once you let everyone know you’ll learn that your support group is bigger than you first thought! The comments I’ve received on this post is proof!
I want to be free to cycling around to anywhere.
I’ve always love to cycle and since I moved to city the chances of me cycling gets lesser and lesser till now I haven’t cycled for ages. I want to be free cycle to everywhere I want and doesn’t need to worry about the heavy traffics and get involved in an accident.
Love your new blog but still missed your old blog layout theme ;x
Sounds like you should get yourself a house on the country side! :)
I like feeling the wind in my hair too!
I’m not sure if I’ll keep this layout for long, but I needed change! :)
This is an amazing, wonderful, brave idea and I’m excited to see where it ends up. Good luck
Thank you! I’m excited too! ;)
This sounds marvelous! I find I’m such a prisoner of my own fears and that really holds me back. I dream of doing and accomplishing all of these wonderful things, but when it comes right down to it and they’re in my grasp, I become terribly anxious and afraid and completely chicken out. I’ve been trying so hard this last year to not let myself do that any more, and I’ve had a few victories – yay me! – but it’s still definitely a work in progress.
Oh my goodness I LOVE this! If you decide to travel through Asia, we should meet up. Oh how amazinggggg!