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What is freedom? Freedom means different things to different people. Maybe freedom relates to securing some semblance of financial stability, while continuing to strive for more. Or, maybe, freedom means having independence. For me, freedom is the power (literally at my fingertips) to choose to snooze an extra hour. It is freedom from the corporate time clock, and it is liberating, to say the least. It is the luxury to work when you want to work, and play when you want to pla