What is something you did that made you feel free for the very first time?
July 1, 2025
What is something you did that made you feel free for the very first time?
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Taking a solo trip
When I started SCUBA
Blasted music while dancing around a house naked, with socks. It was lovely.
took a solo trip with no plan, no one to answer to, just me and my backpack felt like i could finally breathe and be fully myself
Buying a used car on my own with my own money that I earned myself. I did the research myself, I contacted the seller myself, I checked it myself, test drove it myself, bought it myself, registered it myself, transported it myself. I was 20 years old. 10 years later, I still have the car. It actually turned out to be a great deal.
The only annoying thing, albeit satisfying at the same time, was everyone assuming I got it from my dad.
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When I started dressing for comfort rather than how I looked to other people.
Opened my business.
Travelled solo abroad! I went to Disneyland alone and I never felt so free and confident!
Going out without a bra.
I think the first time I felt truly free was when I stopped asking for permission to live my life the way I wanted.. It’s scary but also incredibly empowering
Solo hiking trip, I’d never been anywhere by myself and it was fantastic not having to please anyone else.
Driving to a job I worked hard to get, in my paid off car that I love, while listening to music I used to listen to when I was 17/18. I thought about the growth over the last 10 years or so and started crying out of happiness.
Having my first place and paying rent. It was nice to not have other people around that saw everything I did. Pretty freeing
I started a pollinator garden! My boyfriend dug a pond and since then it’s been up to me to decorate and pick the plants and its just been so wonderful. Its inspired me to go back to school and try to pursue a career in horticulture.
Going out all by yourself
Installed my own oven by hardwiring. Felt like a god of home improvement, free from the shackles of the Best Buy installation team. I am unstoppable 😤💪
i stopped taking care of people’s opinion, and that changed me a lot
doing anything or going anywhere alone. also, living on your own gives you such a sense of peace and comfort. complete freedom
Finished school.
Registering as a different political party than my upbringing had always dictated. It was my first act of independence that later became a way of life.
Going to concert alone in a different city.
Got a job after being a sahm for eleven years. It’s a brand new world and I’m here for it
Finishing Roaccutane and walking around no heavy foundation looking up instead of the ground 🙂
Moving away from my home town. I moved to a beautiful mountain town and it was an amazing experience. I left the mountain town but never moved back home.
Went on my first cruise and went through Jamaica and Bahamas and the culture shock… came back more humbled in my heart and realized how free we really are and have it in the US. One love forever now
Lived on my own with no roommates, boyfriend, or even attached neighbors. I lived on a ranch on my own with my dogs and cared for 24 horses in exchange for cheap rent and a stall/food for my horse.
It was awesome and I can’t wait to do it again when I get old, lol.
27 comments
Taking a solo trip
When I started SCUBA
Blasted music while dancing around a house naked, with socks. It was lovely.
took a solo trip with no plan, no one to answer to, just me and my backpack felt like i could finally breathe and be fully myself
Buying a used car on my own with my own money that I earned myself. I did the research myself, I contacted the seller myself, I checked it myself, test drove it myself, bought it myself, registered it myself, transported it myself. I was 20 years old. 10 years later, I still have the car. It actually turned out to be a great deal.
The only annoying thing, albeit satisfying at the same time, was everyone assuming I got it from my dad.
[removed]
When I started dressing for comfort rather than how I looked to other people.
Opened my business.
Travelled solo abroad! I went to Disneyland alone and I never felt so free and confident!
Going out without a bra.
I think the first time I felt truly free was when I stopped asking for permission to live my life the way I wanted.. It’s scary but also incredibly empowering
Solo hiking trip, I’d never been anywhere by myself and it was fantastic not having to please anyone else.
Driving to a job I worked hard to get, in my paid off car that I love, while listening to music I used to listen to when I was 17/18. I thought about the growth over the last 10 years or so and started crying out of happiness.
Having my first place and paying rent. It was nice to not have other people around that saw everything I did. Pretty freeing
I started a pollinator garden! My boyfriend dug a pond and since then it’s been up to me to decorate and pick the plants and its just been so wonderful. Its inspired me to go back to school and try to pursue a career in horticulture.
Going out all by yourself
Installed my own oven by hardwiring. Felt like a god of home improvement, free from the shackles of the Best Buy installation team. I am unstoppable 😤💪
i stopped taking care of people’s opinion, and that changed me a lot
doing anything or going anywhere alone. also, living on your own gives you such a sense of peace and comfort. complete freedom
Finished school.
Registering as a different political party than my upbringing had always dictated. It was my first act of independence that later became a way of life.
Going to concert alone in a different city.
Got a job after being a sahm for eleven years. It’s a brand new world and I’m here for it
Finishing Roaccutane and walking around no heavy foundation looking up instead of the ground 🙂
Moving away from my home town. I moved to a beautiful mountain town and it was an amazing experience. I left the mountain town but never moved back home.
Went on my first cruise and went through Jamaica and Bahamas and the culture shock… came back more humbled in my heart and realized how free we really are and have it in the US. One love forever now
Lived on my own with no roommates, boyfriend, or even attached neighbors. I lived on a ranch on my own with my dogs and cared for 24 horses in exchange for cheap rent and a stall/food for my horse.
It was awesome and I can’t wait to do it again when I get old, lol.