If I were truly free, who would I be?

I think, if I were truly free, I would:

  • I wouldn’t shave my legs or wax my eyebrows.
  • I would play in the mud and puddles with my children.
  • I would have an RV and drive around the world without an agenda.
  • I would wear comfortable clothes that didn’t hide parts of my features that are unattractive.
  • I would sing at the Jackson (Blue/Red Line) stop, the song, “Jackson” by Johnny Cash.
  • I would wear weird(er) clothes.
  • I would not wear shoes whenever possible.
  • I would never wear socks.
  • I would not wear bras.
  • I would not wear underwear.
  • I would encourage my children to learn about whatever interests them instead of what is expected of them at their particular age.
  • I would decorate the Lions at the Art Institute in Red, Black, and Green for Kwanzaa.
  • I would swear a lot more.
  • I would jog.
  • I would dance in public.
  • I would dance at home more.
  • I would cook.
  • I would paint and draw even though I have no talent.
  • I would rap even though I have no talent.
  • I would get dual citizenship in Ghana.
  • I would get a tattoo.
  • I would learn how to read and write hieroglyphs.
  • I would have another child.
  • I would weekly dinner parties with homeless people.
  • I would speak without always worrying about how other people are perceiving what I am saying
  • I would do political consulting for the Republican party.
  • I would take my children to social protest like in Ferguson, MO.
  • I would take my nieces and nephews on a vacation to Jamaica for a week.
  • I would have a prayer club (like a book club but we pray instead)
  • I would create a world championship dominoes league.
  • I would get an apartment in Paris.
  • I would buy a cabin in the woods.
  • I wouldn’t take any medicine.
  • I would spend sunny days outside playing with my children.
  • I would play physical games with my children.
  • I would become an astrophysicist.
  • I would way more wild and crazy sex.
  • I would write something every day.
  • I would never feel guilty about food.
  • I would drive whatever speed limit felt right to me.
  • I would have at least one drink of Crown Royal every day.

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