Many of our goals in life are connected to freedom. That big promotion to achieve financial freedom, retirement to finally be free from our job or simply the freedom to choose what you want to do in any given moment. But is this actually a trap? Join us as we explore how freedom can benefit your life and where it inevitably will fall short.

Lawrence Yeo is a writer, illustrator and storyteller.

Jump to the question: Is freedom overrated?

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Visit Lawrence's blog More To That
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References from the show:

Burnout is the echo of self-judgement by Lawrence Yeo
Travel is no cure for the mind by Lawrence Yeo
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Meet Noor from DesignDrawDo

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The Examined Life

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Is Freedom Overrated? [Lawrence Yeo]