h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: How To Experience a Sense of Freedom in Everyday Life - A87874528
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

A collaborative entry written by:

2legs - U169793
Bluebottle – U43530
Bobstafford - U3151547
Broelan - U155058
Chris Morris - U215795
Coelacanth - U107357
Create - U14992038
Deb - U238591
Florida Sailor - U235886
Gnomon - U151503
Icy North - U225620
MMF - U236774
Orcus - U94957
Paulh – U176638
Rev Nick - U14756795
Swl - U15001750
Swl - U1775547
TC - U154942

Inspired by Create theme A Sense of Freedom A87873420 with the original contributing conversation to be found here: F19585?thread=8316222

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Good work <BB<

Very nicely done. A few very minor punctuation quibbles, but it all reads very well.

This is perfect for the Edited Guide and I look forward to seeing it on the Front Page. Douglas Adams in his bath would be a great image to adorn it

GB

There was a bit of a rush in the end trying to get it into Peer Review before the end of June…

…But I love the way that the conversation conclusively proved that the ultimate way to experience a sense of freedom is by taking off your bra and cycling to Kew Gardens in a sarong. No-one could have predicted that at the start of the month

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As someone pointed out in the thread, there is a very fine line between "contentment" and that feeling of freedom. They are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but some of the suggestions made do rather cover the former more than the latter.

However, Well done BB for herding all us cats together and making sense of it!

Well done, BB, looks great

Deb

I like this Entry - good introductory paragraphs to set the scene I especially like the joke about Degrees of Freedom!

Some excellent freedoms in there "•Learning to crawl / walk" - reminds me of one of my earliest memories, of enjoying being two and crawling round and round our open plan house as many times as I wanted

Other good simple pleasures in there, like the first time I went into town with a friend but without my parents - very liberating And moving into my own place was excellent indeed My first driving lesson was memorable too, that I was moving faster than walking speed and it was me that was controlling that

Excellent concluding paragraph

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Thanks for contributing to the Edited Guide!

Well done 2legs, Bobstafford, Broelan, Chris Morris, Coelacanth, Create, Deb, Florida Sailor, Gnomon, Icy North,
MMF, Orcus, Paulh, Rev Nick, Swl & Swl and TC!

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Well done, you, for taking all our ramblings and crafting them into a coherent presentation

Thanks BB!

Belatedly, I just realized another sort of a sense of freedom . . . the thread that became the meat and bones of the entry. Expressing thoughts and realizations that don't surface on the average day.

Good news – we have the freedom to keep sharing thoughts and suggestions to conversations, even though the entry has left Peer Review.

That's a good one, though. I often have thoughts that you want to share, but don't really come up in day-to-day conversation.

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I've just read through it again. I had to giggle where you quote one of my contributions and then go on to say "another researcher, however, thinks that..." and quote another one of mine!

It is interesting that not one single category covers the freedom of having money - or at least no money worries. That is surely quite a significant freedom in the real day-to-day running of things. But we are not so materialistic and have gone for physical freedoms, spiritual freedoms and freedom of movement. Well done, us!

Hands up, I confess I did lose track a bit of which quote came from whom – especially if they came from different points in the conversation thread…
Which quotes were they? And did I say you were agreeing or disagreeing with yourself?

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Now, why would I disagree with myself?

No - they were two relatively unrelated () statements.

It just made me laugh.

Whether a person agrees or disagrees with oneself - ultimately they are correct.

"It is interesting that not one single category covers the freedom of having money - or at least no money worries. That is surely quite a significant freedom in the real day-to-day running of things."

Or it could be that we subconsciously acknowledge that having money isn't really freedom at all. While it may serve to provide relief from one set of woes, it comes with another set.